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Definition: CARABUS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Carabus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1821. (references)

Etymology:Carabus \Car"a*bus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression horned beetle.]. (references)


Extended Definition: CARABUS

Carabus

Carabus
Carabus glabratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Carabus
Linnaeus, 1758
C. rutilans

Carabus is a genus of beetle in family Carabidae. It contains many species including the the following:

References

  • Boleslav Brezina (1999) World catalogue of the genus Carabus L. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Pensoft Series
    Faunistica, No 15. Pensoft, Sofia - Moscow
  • Thierry Deuve (2007) Liste Blumenthal 2007 (Liste de taxons valides du genre Carabus L., 1758).
    Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Paris

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Topics by Level of Interest: CARABUS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Carabus intricatus 7     Carabus 5
Carabus 5     Carabus auratus 5
Carabus auratus 5     Carabus cancellatus 4
Carabus olympiae 4     Carabus intricatus 7
Carabus cancellatus 4     Carabus nemoralis 4
Carabus nemoralis 4     Carabus olympiae 4

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