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Carabinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Carabinae Latreille p. 80
1861Carabidae LeConte p. 5
1944Carabinae Brookes p. 262
1990Carabinae Hong and Wang p. 112
1995Carabinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Carabinae Bouchard et al.
2011Carabinae Tamutis et al.
2016Carabinae Webster
2022Carabinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyCarabinae
subfamilyCarabinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Carabinae Latreille 1802
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G. †Atrirabus Hong and Wang 1990
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†Atrirabus shandongensis Hong and Wang 1990
†Atrirabus tuanwangensis Hong and Wang 1990
Tr. Carabini Latreille 1802
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G. Calosoma Weber 1801
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Subg. Calosoma (Campalita) Motschulsky 1865
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†Campalita deplanatum Heer 1860
†Calosoma agassizi Barthelemy-Lapommeraye 1846
†Calosoma brunneum Hong 1985
†Calosoma calvini Wickham 1909
†Calosoma caraboides Heer 1860
†Calosoma catenulatum Heer 1860
†Calosoma ceresti Nel 1987
†Calosoma cockerelli Wickham 1910
†Calosoma emmonsi Scudder 1900
†Calosoma escheri Heer 1860
†Calosoma fernquisti Cockerell 1925
†Calosoma grasui Paucă and Ciobanu 1978
†Calosoma heeri Scudder 1895
Calosoma inquisitor Linnaeus 1758
†Calosoma jaccardi Heer 1860
†Calosoma kimi Lee and Nam 2021
Calosoma maderae Fabricius 1775
†Calosoma nauckianum Heer 1860
Calosoma semilaeve LeConte 1852
Calosoma sycophanta Linnaeus 1758 [forest caterpillar hunter]
G. Carabus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Carabus (Archicarabus) Seidlitz 1887
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Subg. Carabus (Aulonocarabus) Reitter 1896
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Subg. Carabus (Damaster) Kollar 1836
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Subg. Carabus (Hemicarabus) Gehin 1876
Subg. Carabus (Homoeocarabus) Reitter 1896
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Carabus (Homoeocarabus) maeander Fischer von Waldheim 1822
Subg. Carabus (Megadontus) Solier 1848
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Subg. Carabus (Melancarabus) Thomson 1875
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Subg. Carabus (Ohomopterus) Reitter 1896
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Subg. Carabus (Tachypus) Weber 1801
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Subg. Carabus (Tanaocarabus) Reitter 1896
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†Carabus agassizi Barthelemy-Lapommeraye 1846
Carabus clathratus Linnaeus 1761
Carabus clatratus Linnaeus 1761
†Carabus foveolatus Piton 1935
Carabus granulatus Linnaeus 1758
Carabus hortensis Linnaeus 1758
†Carabus jeffersoni Scudder 1900
Carabus kollari Palliardi 1825
Carabus maderae Fabricius 1775
†Carabus maeandroides Lomnicki 1894
†Carabus mecothoracus Zhang 1989
†Carabus neli Deuve 1998
†Carabus novalensis Omboni 1886
†Carabus ovalus Hong and Wang 1986
†Carabus praearvensis Lomnicki 1894
Invalid names: Calosomini Bonelli 1810 [synonym]
Tr. Cychrini Perty 1830
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G. Cychrus Fabricius 1794
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Cychrus caraboides Linnaeus 1758
G. Scaphinotus Dejean 1826
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Subg. Scaphinotus (Brennus) Motschulsky 1866
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Scaphinotus (Brennus) marginatus Fischer von Waldheim 1820
Subg. Scaphinotus (Nomaretus) Leconte 1853
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†Nomaretus serus Scudder 1900
Scaphinotus interruptus Menetries 1843
†Scaphinotus minor Horn 1876
†Scaphinotus wheatleyi Horn 1876
G. Sphaeroderus Dejean 1831 [small snail eating beetle]
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Sphaeroderus nitidicollis Guerin-Meneville 1829
Tr. Pamborini Hope 1838
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G. Maoripamborus Brookes 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Shandong) Atrirabus shandongensis, Atrirabus tuanwangensis (154887)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Carabus sp. (155693)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Carabus novalensis (152680)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Calosoma sp. (123960)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Calosoma calvini (106379) Calosoma calvini, Calosoma cockerelli (124002) Calosoma emmonsi (113749) Nomaretus serus, Carabus jeffersoni, Calosoma emmonsii (106384)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Calosoma agassizi (122535) Calosoma agassizi, Carabus ceresti (122984 155667)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Alpes-de-Haute) Calosoma agassizi (155208)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Calosoma grasui (113962)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Calosoma agassizi (113712 122582 123943)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Calosoma agassizi (122487)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Aix-en-Provence) Calosoma agassizi (114117)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dome) Calosoma agassizi (155204)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98South Korea Calosoma kimi (223984)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Calosoma maderae (128549 128552) Calosoma maderae, Carabus mecothoracus (128551) Calosoma maderae, Carabus ovalus (128550) Shanwangicarabus brunneus (130412)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece Calosoma exscrobiculatum (144526)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Washington) Calosoma fernquisti (122750)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Calosoma sp. (153619)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Switzerland Calosoma jaccardi, Calosoma caraboides (153996)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Calosoma escrobiculatum, Calosoma nauckianum, Calosoma catenulatum, Calosoma deplanatum, Calosoma escheri (117252) Calosoma heeri (113830)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France Carabus foveolatus (138763)
Vallesian - Turolian11.63 - 5.09Spain (Lleida) Campalita deplanatum (140806)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) Carabus neli (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Apotomopterus sp. (160538)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Carabus cancellatus (122195)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Carabus truncaticollis (123352)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Calosoma maderae, Calosoma inquisitor, Calosoma sycophanta (109196)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Carabus nemoralis (162796)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Alaska) Carabus nemoralis (162795)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Carabus truncaticollis (163069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan Carabus sp., Calosoma inquisitor, Carabus sp. (153617) Carabus sp., Calosomina indet. (153618)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Carabus sp., Apotomopterus maacki, Hemicarabus maeander (160539)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Cychrus wheatleyi, Cychrus minor (20479)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Carabus blaptoides (165706) Carabus sp. (165708) Carabus sp., Carabus maacki, Carabus japonicus (165700) Carabus sp., Carabus sp., Carabus granulatus (165704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Carabus sp. (165715)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Carabus sp. (168266) Cychrus caraboides (168270)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Calosoma semilaeve (150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Carabus sp., Carabus hortensis (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Carabus praeviolaceus, Carabus maeandroides, Carabus praearvensis, Carabus dzieduszyckii (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Carabus sp. (153446) Carabus truncaticollis (153443 173208 173216) Carabus vietinghoffi (163102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Carabus sp. (165701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Carabus clathratus (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Carabus maeander (137209 137210 137212)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Scaphinotus interruptus (79630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Carabus maeander (164922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Carabus taedatus (157092 167662) Scaphinotus marginatus (169378 169380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Carabus taedatus (169406)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Carabus maeander (137204) Carabus maeander, Sphaeroderus nitidicollis (137201)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Maoripamborus fairburni (175901)