Carabus maurus

Carabus maurus is a species of beetle from the family Carabidae, found in Near East, and countries like Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and on Cyprus. The species are either black or steal coloured.^[1]

Carabus maurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Carabus
Species:	C. maurus
Binomial name
Carabus maurus (Adams, 1817)

Subspecies include:

• Carabus maurus maurus
• Carabus maurus osculatii