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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| Carabus arvensis Herbst, 1784
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Description
editA large granulate bronze or green ground beetle with a body length of 16-20mm.
Distribution
editEurope north to the Arctic Circle and east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Sakhalin and Japan.
Biology
editA 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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