Carabus arvensis is a species of beetle in family Carabidae. It is found in the Palearctic[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. arvensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Carabus arvensis Herbst, 1784
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Description edit
A large granulate bronze or green ground beetle with a body length of 16-20mm.
Distribution edit
Europe north to the Arctic Circle and east across the Palearctic to Siberia , Sakhalin and Japan.
Biology edit
A montane moorland and blanket bog species in the West. Found in dry woods in the East.
References edit
- ^ Lindroth, C. H. (1974). Coleoptera: Carabidae. Handbooks ident. Br. Insects 4(2): 1-146. British Entomological Society, London.
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