Carabus scabrosus tauricus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
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| Subspecies: | C. s. tauricus
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| Carabus scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810
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Carabus scabrosus tauricus is a subspecies of the beetle Carabus scabrosus endemic to Crimea.[2]
Body length up to 52 mm. Colour variable from the blue, passing into violet to green or almost black. The downside is black, with a metallic sheen. Elytra and pronotum wrinkled, granular structure. Crimean beetle forms several forms, differing mainly painting.
Active at different times of day. Quickly run. Predator, feeding on terrestrial molluscs - mainly land snail. Eating bugs do not bite the snail shell, shellfish and eating away dipping his head and pronotum at the mouth of the shell. Well-fed beetles can burrow into the soil for a few days.
References
- ^ "Carabus scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Carabus (Procerus) scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810". Fauna Europaea. 2.6. 2013-04-09. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
External links
Media related to Carabus scabrosus tauricus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Carabus scabrosus tauricus at Wikispecies