''Carabus solieri'' is a species of beetles of 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 fam ...

Description

''Carabus solieri'' can reach about in length. The body is quite slender, metallic bright green, golden-green or green-coppery. Elytra are broad and robust, violet-red bordered and longitudinal crossed by ribs. This species mainly feeds on snails and it is crepuscular and nocturnal.

Distribution

This species occurs in France and in Italy, especially in part of the Western Alps and in Apennines. It is present in the beech and chestnut forests with plenty of rotting leaves, at an elevation of about above sea level.

Subspecies

* ''Carabus solieri bonadonai'' Colas, 1948 * ''Carabus solieri bonnetianus'' Colas, 1936 * ''Carabus solieri clairi'' Géhin, 1885 * ''Carabus solieri liguranus'' Breuning, 1933 * ''Carabus solieri solieri'' Dejean, 1826

References

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Fauna Europaea
* G. Allegr
I Carabus del Monferrato e delle Langhe (Piemonte, Italia) (Coleoptera Carabidae
* P. Brandmayr
Natural history and applied ecology of carabid beetle
* Alessandro Minelli
La fauna in Italia
* * solieri Beetles described in 1826 {{carabus-stub