Calathus melanocephalus Linnaeus 1758 (ground beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative combination: Carabus melanocephalus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Calathus according to V. Tamutis et al. 2011
See also Coope et al. 1961, De Geer 1774, Fabricius 1775, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767 and Müller 1776
Sister taxa: Calathus (Neocalathus), Calathus fuscipes, Calathus piceus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Upton Warren, Band 3 (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)
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