Carabus scabrosus
Carabus scabrosus, common name huge violet ground beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae.
Description
Carabus scabrosus can reach about in length and about in width in the broadest part of elytra. This is among the largest of the known Carabus beetles. The basic colour varies from bluish-black to violet or dark reddish brown. Black varieties of the beetle typically also show a high absorption in the near-infrared part of the spectrum.The thorax is broad, truncated anteriorly and posteriorly, very slightly convex. The elytrtra are oval, convex, and covered throughout with small tubercles. Also, the pronotum has a rugose, granular surface.
Subspecies
Carabus scabrosus akbesianus Breuning, 1975Carabus scabrosus amasicus Csiki, 1927Carabus scabrosus armenius Zaitzev, 1930Carabus scabrosus audouini Brullé, 1835Carabus scabrosus bakurianicola Rataj, 2018Carabus scabrosus bureschianus Breuning, 1928Carabus scabrosus callipygius Cavazzuti, 1986Carabus scabrosus caucasicus Adams, 1817Carabus scabrosus colchicus Motschulsky, 1844Carabus scabrosus culminicola Carabus scabrosus dardanellicus Kraatz, 1886Carabus scabrosus demiddelaerae Rataj, 2018Carabus scabrosus elbursianus Mandl, 1958Carabus scabrosus estegeicus Carabus scabrosus fallettianus Carabus scabrosus farnazae Deuve, 2006 Carabus scabrosus ispiratus Cavazzuti, 1986Carabus scabrosus mentor Blumenthal & Breuning, 1967Carabus scabrosus montisabanti Schweiger, 1962Carabus scabrosus munzurensis Cavazzuti & Lassalle, 1987Carabus scabrosus propinquus Csiki, 1927Carabus scabrosus scabrosus Olivier, 1795Carabus scabrosus schuberti Breuning, 1968Carabus scabrosus sommeri Mannerheim, 1844Carabus scabrosus sterilis Bodemeyer, 1915Carabus scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810- ''Carabus scabrosus weidneri''