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Carabus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Carabus Linnaeus p. 413
1761Carabus Linnaeus p. 217
1763Carabus Scopoli p. 85
1764Carabus Müller p. 20
1766Carabus Schaeffer
1767Carabus Linnaeus p. 668
1768Carabus Strøm p. 329
1770Carabus Drury
1771Carabus Forster p. 58
1775Carabus Fabricius p. 235
1776Carabus Müller p. 75
1792Carabus Fabricius p. 124
1796Carabus Latreille p. 73
1798Carabus Fabricius p. 54
1798Carabus Illiger p. 136
1798Carabus Paykull p. 98
1802Carabus Latreille p. 91
1802Carabus Marsham p. 431
1804Carabus Latreille p. 141
1821Carabus Dejean p. 5
1861Carabus LeConte p. 10
1900Carabus Scudder p. 14
1987Carabus Nel
1989Carabus Zhang p. 98
1992Carabus Carpenter
2011Carabus Bouchard et al.
2011Carabus Tamutis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
tribeCarabini
genusCarabus

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.

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
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy C. novalensis (152680)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) C. sp. (155693)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) C. jeffersoni (106384)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) C. mecothoracus (128551) C. ovalus (128550)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France C. foveolatus (138763)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) C. neli (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) C. truncaticollis (123352)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) C. cancellatus (122195)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Apotomopterus sp. (160538)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Alaska) C. nemoralis (162796)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Alaska) C. nemoralis (162795)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan C. sp. (153618) C. sp., C. sp. (153617)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation C. truncaticollis (163069)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan C. sp., Apotomopterus maacki, Hemicarabus maeander (160539)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan C. blaptoides (165706) C. sp. (165708) C. sp., C. maacki, C. japonicus (165700) C. sp., C. sp., C. granulatus (165704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom C. sp. (168266)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) C. sp. (165715)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) C. sp., C. hortensis (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) C. clathratus (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) C. maeander (164922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation C. sp. (153446) C. truncaticollis (153443 173208 173216) C. vietinghoffi (163102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) C. taedatus (157092 167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine C. praeviolaceus, C. maeandroides, C. praearvensis, C. dzieduszyckii (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. sp. (165701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) C. taedatus (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) C. maeander (137209 137210 137212)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) C. maeander (137201 137204)