Carabus maeander

Carabus maeander is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. The species fly from May and June and are black in colour and 15 to 23.5 millimetres (0.59 to 0.93 in) long. It is found in northeastern United States and both central and southern Canada (including Alberta).[1] The species is also found outside of North America. In Russia, it is found in eastern Siberia while in Japan it is known from Hokkaido and Kunashir Islands. It also exists in South Korea.[2]

Carabus maeander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Carabus
Species:
C. maeander
Binomial name
Carabus maeander

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species Carabus maeander:

  • Carabus maeander chejuensis Deuve, 1991
  • Carabus maeander evenkiensis[2]
  • Carabus maeander lapilayi Castelnau, 1835[3]
  • Carabus maeander maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1820[2]
  • Carabus maeander nobukii (Imura, 2003)
  • Carabus maeander paludis Géhin, 1885[4]

References
  1. "Carabus maeander". University of Alberta. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Dmitry Obydov (June 2010). "A New Subspecies of Carabus (Homoeocarabus) maeander Fischer von Waldheim, 1822 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from North Tunguska River Valley (North Siberia)" (PDF). Mun. Ent. Zool. 5 (2).
  3. "LISTE des CARABES du MONDE" (PDF). 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Subgenus Homoeocarabus Reitter, 1896 (Carabidae: Carabus) - atlas of beetles of Russia". Zin.ru. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.


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