Carabus truncaticollis

Carabus truncaticollis, the blunt-collared worm and slug hunter, is a species of beetle from the family Carabidae found in Russia and the eastern Palearctic realm.^[1] In eastern Asia, the species ranges from Siberia south to Mongolia; it is also found in North America in NW Canada, and Alaska.^[2] The species is found in mesic tundra environments, such as moist meadows.^[3]

Carabus truncaticollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Carabus
Species:	C. truncaticollis
Binomial name
Carabus truncaticollis Eschscholtz, 1833
Synonyms
Carabus polaris Poppius, 1907 Carabus sahlbergianus Géhin, 1885 Carabus tristis Motschulsky, 1850 Carabus lenaensis Mandl, 1955 Carabus rufocupreus Breuning in Beheim & Breuning, 1943 Carabus alaskensis Basilewsky, 1937 Carabus lutshnikianus Basilewsky, 1937

Subspecies

• Carabus truncaticollis truncaticollis (USA, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, Alaska)
• Carabus truncaticollis degeneratus J.R.Sahlberg, 1885 (Russia)
• Carabus truncaticollis dorogostaiskianus Deuve & Imura, 1992 (Russia)
• Carabus truncaticollis fleischeri Reitter, 1898 (Russia, Mongolia)
• Carabus truncaticollis kodaricola Deuve in Deuve & Mourzine, 1998 (Russia)
• Carabus truncaticollis tungusensis Obydov, 2010 (Russia)
• Carabus truncaticollis uczugeicus Obydov, 2009 (Russia)