Carabus arvensis Herbst, 1784
(a ground beetle)

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Carabus arvensis ssp sylvaticus
a ground beetle
Subspecies 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarabus arvensis (a ground beetle)
GenusCarabus (a genus of ground beetles)
SubfamilyCARABINAE (a subfamily of ground beetles)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Carabus arvensis (a ground beetle) :
1: Carabus arvensis (a ground beetle)
19 May 2008 OSGR: NR92 55° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
on ground, running over dead bracken
Image 1: Dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - natural background (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - natural background (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - natural background (4)Image 5: Dorsal view - natural background (5)Image 6: Dorsal view - natural background (6)Image 7: Dorsal view - natural background (7)Image 8: Dorsal view - natural background (8)Image 9: Dorsal view - natural background (9)Image 10: Dorsal view - natural background (10)Image 11: Dorsal view - natural background (11)Image 12: Dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 13: Dorsal view - pale background (2)Image 14: Ventral view - pale backgroundImage 15: Abdomen - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Dorsal view - anterior end - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 18: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 19: Dorsal view - posterior end - close-up - enlargedImage 20: Head and thorax - close-up - enlarged
2: Carabus arvensis (a ground beetle)
11 Jun 1978 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: In situImage 2: In situ - close-upImage 3: Dorsal - enlargedImage 4: Dorsal - enlarged (2)Image 5: Lateral - enlarged

Carabus arvensis (a ground beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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