| Carabus smaragdinus | |
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| Museum specimen of Carabus smaragdinus branickii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. smaragdinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carabus smaragdinus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 nec Duftschmid, 1812 | |
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Carabus smaragdinus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae.
Carabus smaragdinus can reach a length of about 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). The body is slender and the surface is metallic green or reddish coppery, depending on subspecies. The elytra are broad, robust and longitudinally covered with rows of small dotted points like bumps. Adults can be found from May through September. They mainly eat small creatures like earthworms.
This species is native to the Far East. It can be found in North and South Korea, and in China; from Inner Mongolia to Jilin and Henan to the east and Shanxi to the west. [1]
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