Carabus maeander

Carabus maeander
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Carabidae
Genus:Carabus
Species: C. maeander
Binomial name
Carabus maeander

Carabus maeander is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. The species fly from May and June and are black in colour and 15 to 23.5 millimetres (0.59 to 0.93 in) long. It is found in northeastern United States and both central and southern Canada (including Alberta).[1] The species is also found outside of North America. In Russia, it is found in eastern Siberia while in Japan it is known from Hokkaido and Kunashir Islands. It also exists in South Korea.[2]

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species Carabus maeander:

  • Carabus maeander chejuensis Deuve, 1991
  • Carabus maeander evenkiensis[2]
  • Carabus maeander lapilayi Castelnau, 1835[3]
  • Carabus maeander maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1820[2]
  • Carabus maeander nobukii (Imura, 2003)
  • Carabus maeander paludis Géhin, 1885[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Carabus maeander". University of Alberta. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Dmitry Obydov (June 2010). "A New Subspecies of Carabus (Homoeocarabus) maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1822 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from North Tunguska River Valley (North Siberia)" (PDF). Mun. Ent. Zool. 5 (2).
  3. ↑ "LISTE des CARABES du MONDE" (PDF). 2008.
  4. ↑ "Subgenus Homoeocarabus Reitter, 1896 (Carabidae: Carabus) - atlas of beetles of Russia". Zin.ru. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849319259.
  • Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers.
  • Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-2989. ISSN 1312-0174.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys. 147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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