Carabites islandicus Heer 1868 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1868. Miocene Flora von Island. Flora Fossilis Arctica: Die Fossile Flora der Polarländer 1:139-155

Belongs to Carabites according to O. Heer 1868

Sister taxa: Carabites anthracinus, Carabites arapahoensis, Carabites capellinii, Carabites creta, Carabites cuneatus, Carabites dubius, Carabites ellipticus, Carabites eocenicus, Carabites exanimus, Carabites exilis, Carabites feildenianus, Carabites gardneri, Carabites geinitzi, Carabites harringtoni, Carabites kincaidi, Carabites laesicollis, Carabites parallelus, Carabites peracutus, Carabites rugosus, Carabites russelli, Carabites schueli, Carabites scoticus, Carabites vitimensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brjamslaeck (Brjánslækur), which is in a Serravallian pond siltstone in the Brjánslækur-Seljá Formation of Iceland

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Brjamslaeck (Brjánslækur)

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