''Cychrus anatolicus'' is a species of
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 ...
in the subfamily of
Carabinae
Carabinae is a subfamily of ground beetles 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 2,70 ...
.
It was described by
Victor Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, sometimes Victor von Motschulsky ( Russian: Виктор Иванович Мочульский; 11 April 1810, St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles.
...
in 1865.
[ The species can be found in ]Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...
and Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
Subspecies
These seven subspecies belong to the species ''Cychrus anatolicus'':[
* ''Cychrus anatolicus anatolicus'' Motschulsky, 1866
* ''Cychrus anatolicus frivaldszkyi'' Roeschke, 1907
* ''Cychrus anatolicus ilgazdaghensis'' Maran, 1932
* ''Cychrus anatolicus korgei'' Breuning, 1964
* ''Cychrus anatolicus occidentalis'' Mandl, 1977
* ''Cychrus anatolicus ponticus'' Schweiger, 1962
* ''Cychrus anatolicus ziyathi'' Cavazzuti, 2003
]
References
anatolicus
Beetles described in 1865
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky
Beetles of Asia
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