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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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 125.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Atrirabus shandongensis, Atrirabus tuanwangensis (154887)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Carabus novalensis (152680)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Carabus sp. (155693)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Calosoma sp. (123960)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Calosoma calvini (106379) Calosoma calvini, Calosoma cockerelli (124002) Calosoma emmonsi (113749) Nomaretus serus, Carabus jeffersoni, Calosoma emmonsii (106384)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Calosoma agassizi (122535) Calosoma agassizi, Carabus ceresti (122984 155667)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Alpes-de-Haute) Calosoma agassizi (155208)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Calosoma grasui (113962)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Aix-en-Provence) Calosoma agassizi (114117)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dome) Calosoma agassizi (155204)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Calosoma agassizi (122487)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Calosoma agassizi (113712 122582 123943)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97South Korea Calosoma kimi (223984)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Calosoma exscrobiculatum (144526)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Calosoma maderae (128549 128552) Calosoma maderae, Carabus mecothoracus (128551) Calosoma maderae, Carabus ovalus (128550) Shanwangicarabus brunneus (130412)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Washington) Calosoma fernquisti (122750)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan Calosoma sp. (153619)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Calosoma escrobiculatum, Calosoma nauckianum, Calosoma catenulatum, Calosoma deplanatum, Calosoma escheri (117252) Calosoma heeri (113830)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Switzerland Calosoma jaccardi, Calosoma caraboides (153996)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France Carabus foveolatus (138763)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Spain (Lleida) Campalita deplanatum (140806)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Carabus neli (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Carabus cancellatus (122195)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Carabus truncaticollis (123352)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Apotomopterus sp. (160538)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Alaska) Carabus nemoralis (162796)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Calosoma maderae, Calosoma inquisitor, Calosoma sycophanta (109196)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Alaska) Carabus nemoralis (162795)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Carabus sp., Calosoma inquisitor, Carabus sp. (153617) Carabus sp., Calosomina indet. (153618)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation Carabus truncaticollis (163069)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Japan Carabus sp., Apotomopterus maacki, Hemicarabus maeander (160539)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Cychrus wheatleyi, Cychrus minor (20479)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan Carabus blaptoides (165706) Carabus sp. (165708) Carabus sp., Carabus maacki, Carabus japonicus (165700) Carabus sp., Carabus sp., Carabus granulatus (165704)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126United Kingdom Carabus sp. (168266) Cychrus caraboides (168270)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan (Kumamoto) Carabus sp. (165715)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Calosoma semilaeve (150336)
Tarantian0.126 - 0.012USA (Pennsylvania) Carabus maeander (137204) Carabus maeander, Sphaeroderus nitidicollis (137201)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Carabus taedatus (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Scaphinotus interruptus (79630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Carabus taedatus (157092 167662) Scaphinotus marginatus (169378 169380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Carabus maeander (137209 137210 137212)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Carabus maeander (164922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ukraine Carabus praeviolaceus, Carabus maeandroides, Carabus praearvensis, Carabus kollari, Carabus dzieduszyckii (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Carabus sp., Carabus hortensis (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Carabus clathratus (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan Carabus sp. (165701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation Carabus sp. (153446) Carabus truncaticollis (153443 173208 173216) Carabus vietinghoffi (163102)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Maoripamborus fairburni (175901)