Carabus gigas is the largest European ground beetle, reaching a length of about 40–70 millimetres (1.6–2.8 in). The upper surface is black and glossy. The elytrtra are oval, strongly convex and covered with about 15 rows of more or less small tubercles. Also the pronotum has a granular surface. The adults reach the age of 3 years or more. These beetles primarily feed on snails.
carabus, gigas, species, beetles, family, carabidae, male, female, national, museum, prague, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, coleopterafamily, carabidaegenus, carabusspecies, gigasbinomial, namecreutzer, 1799sy. Carabus gigas is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae Carabus gigasCarabus gigas male and female at National Museum Prague Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder ColeopteraFamily CarabidaeGenus CarabusSpecies C gigasBinomial nameCarabus gigasCreutzer 1799Synonyms 1 Carabus Procerus gigas Procerus gigas Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Habitat 4 Subspecies 5 Gallery 6 References 7 External linksDescription EditCarabus gigas is the largest European ground beetle reaching a length of about 40 70 millimetres 1 6 2 8 in The upper surface is black and glossy The elytrtra are oval strongly convex and covered with about 15 rows of more or less small tubercles Also the pronotum has a granular surface The adults reach the age of 3 years or more These beetles primarily feed on snails Distribution EditThis species is endemic to Europe and occurs in South East Europe and in Central Europe the range extends into Styria and Carinthia It is observed in Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia mainland Greece Hungary mainland Italy North Macedonia Romania Republic of Moldova Serbia and Slovenia Habitat EditCarabus gigas lives in moist and subalpine highlands Subspecies EditCarabus g duponcheli Dejean 1831 Southern Greece Carabus g parnassicus Kraatz 1884 Greece North Macedonia southern Albania Gallery Edit Illustration of Carabus gigas from Carl Gustav Calwer and Gustav Jager Naturgeschichte der Kafer Europas 1876 Table 1 Picture 13 In Mehedinți Mountains RomaniaReferences Edit Carabus gigas biolib czExternal links Edit Data related to Carabus gigas at Wikispecies Media related to Carabus gigas at Wikimedia Commons Carabus gigas on Fauna Europaea Biolib Carabidae of the world Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine This Carabus related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carabus gigas amp oldid 1133023979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
