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Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  family Carabidae - ground and tiger beetles »  genus Carabus - ground beetle »  subgenus Megodontus

Scientific synonyms

Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus Linnaeus, 1758
Megodontus violaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Temporal range:Quaternary > Pleistocene – recent
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Number of records: 8

subspecies Carabus violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
Quaternary: Pleistocene

Carabus violaceus andrzejuscii

subspecies Carabus violaceus azurescens Dejean, 1826
subspecies Carabus violaceus dryas Gistel, 1857

Carabus violaceus dryas

subspecies Carabus violaceus picenus A. Villa & G.B. Villa, 1838
subspecies Carabus violaceus rilvensis Kolbe, 1887 inq.
subspecies Carabus violaceus salisburgensis Kraatz, 1879
subspecies Carabus violaceus violaceus Linnaeus, 1758

Carabus violaceus violaceus

subspecies Carabus violaceus volffii Dejean, 1826

Carabus violaceus volffii


Links and literature

EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Carabus violaceus Linne, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Carabus violaceus]
CZ Zahradník J., Severa F. (2004): Hmyz, Aventinum, 326 pp [as Carabus violaceus L.]
CZ Mlejnek R., Hamet A., Růžička J. (2015): Brouci (Coleoptera) v jeskyních a propastech České Republiky, Acta Speleologica vol. 6 [as Carabus violaceus Linnaeus, 1758]

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inq. nomen inquirendum - doubtful identity, needs further investigation