| Carabus morbillosus | |
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| Carabus morbillosus from Tunisia. Male and female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. morbillosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carabus morbillosus Fabricius 1792 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carabus morbillosus is a beetle of the family Carabidae.
Carabus morbillosus reaches about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length. These beetles usually have a bright metallic bronze green or purple sometimes even blue coloration. They feed on snails and small insects.
This species occurs in France, Italy, Malta, Spain and in North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia). [1]