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Carabus
Carabus is a genus of beetle in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 91 subgenera and more than 900 recognised species and thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearctic, but there are also 11 Nearctic species. Carabus are 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long, most species are wingless and often very colourful. These are nocturnal, predatory beetles that feed on snails, earthworms and caterpillars.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Archicarabus
subgenusArchicarabus
Procrustes
subgenusProcrustes
Carabus
subgenusCarabus
Megodontus
subgenusMegodontus
Chrysocarabus
subgenusChrysocarabus
Tachypus
subgenusTachypus
Chaetocarabus
subgenusChaetocarabus
Oreocarabus
subgenusOreocarabus
Mesocarabus
subgenusMesocarabus
Coptolabrus
subgenusCoptolabrus
Eucarabus
subgenusEucarabus
Morphocarabus
subgenusMorphocarabus
Procerus
subgenusProcerus
Tomocarabus
subgenusTomocarabus
Macrothorax
subgenusMacrothorax
Tanaocarabus
subgenusTanaocarabus
Ohomopterus
subgenusOhomopterus
Platycarabus
subgenusPlatycarabus
Orinocarabus
subgenusOrinocarabus
Apotomopterus
subgenusApotomopterus
Cathaicus
subgenusCathaicus
Carpatophilus
subgenusCarpatophilus
Hemicarabus
subgenusHemicarabus
Ctenocarabus
subgenusCtenocarabus
Hygrocarabus
subgenusHygrocarabus
Damaster
subgenusDamaster
Homoeocarabus
subgenusHomoeocarabus
Pachystus
subgenusPachystus
Lichnocarabus
subgenusLichnocarabus
Limnocarabus
subgenusLimnocarabus
Parhomopterus
subgenusParhomopterus
Leptocarabus
subgenusLeptocarabus
Trachycarabus
subgenusTrachycarabus
Isiocarabus
subgenusIsiocarabus
Aulonocarabus
subgenusAulonocarabus
Diocarabus
subgenusDiocarabus
Acoptolabrus
subgenusAcoptolabrus
Tribax
subgenusTribax
Sphodristocarabus
subgenusSphodristocarabus
Scambocarabus
subgenusScambocarabus
Pagocarabus
subgenusPagocarabus
Lamprostus
subgenusLamprostus
Pachycarabus
subgenusPachycarabus
Eurycarabus
subgenusEurycarabus
Cratocephalus
subgenusCratocephalus
Archiplectes
subgenusArchiplectes
Acoptopterus
subgenusAcoptopterus
Meganebrius
subgenusMeganebrius
Neoplectes
subgenusNeoplectes
Rhigocarabus
subgenusRhigocarabus
Pseudocranion
subgenusPseudocranion
Eupachys
subgenusEupachys
Coptolabrodes
subgenusCoptolabrodes
Nesaeocarabus
subgenusNesaeocarabus
Euleptocarabus
subgenusEuleptocarabus
Neoplesius
subgenusNeoplesius
Semnocarabus
subgenusSemnocarabus
Acathaicus
subgenusAcathaicus
Lipaster
subgenusLipaster
Cechenochilus
subgenusCechenochilus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56553.