''Carabus arcensis'' is a species of ground beetle in the family
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...
. It is found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
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Subspecies ''Carabus arcensis arcensis'' is described as "a large granulate bronze or green ground beetle with a body length of 16-20 mm," and is found throughout the Palearctic.][
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Subspecies
These 11 subspecies belong to the species ''Carabus arcensis'':
* ''Carabus arcensis arcensis'' Herbst, 1784
* ''Carabus arcensis baschkiricus'' Breuning, 1932 (Russia)
* ''Carabus arcensis conciliator'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia)
* ''Carabus arcensis eremita'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
* ''Carabus arcensis faldermanni'' Dejean, 1830 (China, North Korea, and Russia)
* ''Carabus arcensis florianiellus'' Obydov & Saldaitis, 2008 (China)
* ''Carabus arcensis kargiensis'' Obydov, 2008 (Russia)
* ''Carabus arcensis klitini'' Obydov, 2007 (Russia)
* ''Carabus arcensis sachalinensis'' Lapouge, 1906 (Japan and Russia)
* ''Carabus arcensis sylvaticus'' Dejean, 1826 (Europe)
* ''Carabus arcensis venetianus'' Bernau, 1914 (Europe)
References
''Carabus (Eucarabus) arvensis'' Herbst, 1784 (Carabidae) - atlas of beetles of Russia
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Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1784
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