Carabus smaragdinus

Carabus smaragdinus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae.

Carabus smaragdinus
Museum specimen of Carabus smaragdinus branickii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Carabus
Species:	C. smaragdinus
Binomial name
Carabus smaragdinus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 nec Duftschmid, 1812
Synonyms
Coptolabrus smaragdinus

Subspecies

• Carabus smaragdinus branickii Taczanowski, 1887
• Carabus smaragdinus dolichognathus Deuve, 1995
• Carabus smaragdinus euviridis (Ishikawa & Kim, 1983)
• Carabus smaragdinus furumiellus Deuve, 1994
• Carabus smaragdinus hoenggandoensis (Kwon & Lee, 1984)
• Carabus smaragdinus honanensis Hauser, 1921
• Carabus smaragdinus hongdoensis (Kwon & Lee, 1984)
• Carabus smaragdinus liaodongensis (Li, 1992)
• Carabus smaragdinus longipennis Chaudoir, 1863
• Carabus smaragdinus mandschuricus Semenov, 1898
• Carabus smaragdinus monilifer Tatum, 1847
• Carabus smaragdinus pinganensis Hauser, 1920
• Carabus smaragdinus shantungensis Born, 1910
• Carabus smaragdinus smaragdinus Fischer, 1823
• Carabus smaragdinus yanggangensis Deuve & Li, 2000
• Carabus smaragdinus zhongtiaoshanus Imura & Yamaya, 1994

Description

Carabus smaragdinus can reach a length of about 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). The body is slender and the surface is metallic green or reddish coppery, depending on subspecies. The elytra are broad, robust and longitudinally covered with rows of small dotted points like bumps. Adults can be found from May through September. They mainly eat small creatures like earthworms.

Distribution

This species is native to the Far East. It can be found in North and South Korea, and in China; from Inner Mongolia to Jilin and Henan to the east and Shanxi to the west.^[1]