''Carabus exiguus'' is a species of black-coloured
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), 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 i ...
in the
Carabinae subfamily that is endemic to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Subspecies
The species have 10 subspecies, all of which could be found in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Carabus exiguus absconditus''
Imura, 2002
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Carabus exiguus cithara''
Cavazzuti, 2002
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Carabus exiguus evae''
Brezina et Hackel, 2007
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Carabus exiguus exiguus''
Semenov, 1898
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Carabus exiguus fanianus''
Imura, 1993
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Carabus exiguus lanzhouicus''
Deuve, 1989
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Carabus exiguus nivium''
Breuning, 1933
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Carabus exiguus ochotonarum''
Brezina, 1996
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Carabus exiguus tagong''
Kleinfeld & Puchner, 2007
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Carabus exiguus wudumontanus''
Imura, 1998
References
exiguus
Beetles described in 1924
Endemic fauna of China
Taxa named by Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
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