Carabus scabrosus tauricus

Carabus scabrosus tauricus is a subspecies of the beetle Carabus scabrosus endemic to Crimea.[2]

Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Female Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Carabus
Division: Carabus div. Multistriati
Subdivision: Carabus subdiv. Procrustimorphi
Subgenus:
Carabus (Procerus)
Species:
Carabus scabrosus
Subspecies:
C. s. tauricus
Trinomial name
Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Bonelli, 1810
Synonyms
  • Carabus aeneus Motschulsky, 1850
  • Carabus nigritulus Kraatz, 1876
  • Carabus purpureus Kraatz, 1876
  • Carabus viridissimus Kraatz, 1876[1]

Body length up to 52 mm. Colour variable from the blue, passing into violet to green or almost black. The downside is black, with a metallic sheen. Elytra and pronotum wrinkled, granular structure. Crimean beetle forms several forms, differing mainly painting.

Active at different times of day. Quickly run. Predator, feeding on terrestrial molluscs - mainly land snail. Eating bugs do not bite the snail shell, shellfish and eating away dipping his head and pronotum at the mouth of the shell. Well-fed beetles can burrow into the soil for a few days.

References
  1. "Synonyms and description". Carabidae.org. January 11, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  2. "Carabus (Procerus) scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810". Fauna Europaea. 2.6. April 9, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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