Carabus morbillosus

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Carabus morbillosus
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Carabus morbillosus from Tunisia. Male and female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Carabus
Species:
C. morbillosus
Binomial name
Carabus morbillosus
Fabricius 1792
Synonyms
  • Carabus (Macrothorax) morbillosus Fabricius 1792

Carabus morbillosus is a beetle of the family Carabidae.

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Description

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in France, Italy, Malta, Spain and in North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia). [1]

Subspecies

References

  1. "African countries distribution". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2012.