Carabus maeander
| Carabus maeander | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. maeander |
| Binomial name | |
| Carabus maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 | |
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Carabus maeander, the menderes worm and slug hunter,[1] is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. The species fly in May and June, are black in colour and 15 to 23.5 millimetres (0.59 to 0.93 in) long. It is found in northeastern United States and both central and southern Canada (including Alberta).[2] The species is also found outside of North America. In Russia, it is found in eastern Siberia while in Japan it is known from Hokkaido and Kunashir Islands. It also exists in South Korea.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]These subspecies belong to the species Carabus maeander:
- Carabus maeander chejuensis Deuve, 1991 (South Korea)
- Carabus maeander evenkiensis[3] (Russia)
- Carabus maeander lapilayi Castelnau, 1835[4]
- Carabus maeander maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1820[3] (China, North Korea, South Korea, USA, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, Alaska)
- Carabus maeander nobukii (Imura, 2003) (Japan)
- Carabus maeander paludis Géhin, 1885[5] (China, Japan, Russia)
- †Carabus maeander sangamon Wickham, 1917 (described from Sangamon Peat, Champaign Co.)
References
[edit]- ↑ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
- ↑ Shpeley, D. & Lindroth, Carl H. (2003). "Species Details: Carabus maeander". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- 1 2 3 Dmitry Obydov (June 2010). "A New Subspecies of Carabus (Homoeocarabus) maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1822 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from North Tunguska River Valley (North Siberia)" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 5 (2).
- ↑ Liste des Carabes du Monde (PDF), 2008
- ↑ "Subgenus Homoeocarabus Reitter, 1896 (Carabidae: Carabus) - atlas of beetles of Russia". Zin.ru. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
External links
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