''Carabus obsoletus'' is a species of black-coloured
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
from 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 fam ...
, found in
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...
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Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
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Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...
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Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...
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Slovakia
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
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Subspecies
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Carabus obsoletus carpathicus
''Carabus obsoletus carpathicus'' is a subspecies of beetle from family Carabidae, found in Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine
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Carabus obsoletus fossulifer
''Carabus obsoletus fossulifer'' is a subspecies of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae that might be extinct throughout Europe
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Carabus obsoletus nagyagensis
''Carabus obsoletus nagyagensis'' is a subspecies of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae that is endemic to Romania
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Carabus obsoletus obsoletus
''Carabus obsoletus obsoletus'' is a subspecies of ground beetle from family Carabidae, found in Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest Eur ...
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Carabus obsoletus prunneri''
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Carabus obsoletus uhligi''
References
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Image of a beetle
obsoletus
Beetles described in 1815
Beetles of Europe
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