Subgenus Megodontus (Carabus)

Carabus (Megodontus) obovatus Fischer, 1827
SW Siberia, Kemerovo reg., Krapivino distr.,
8 km SSW Saltymakovo vill., h=150 m.
20-30.VI.2010 D. Efimov, A. Korshunov leg.
body lenght 16-18 mm.

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But the "real" violaceus wolffii, and then from where it just did not indicate before.
Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus wolffii Dejean, 1826 TOPOTYP
Female, 32 mm
SW-Romania: Banat, Moldova Noua, Ravenska viil., 21. V. -5. VI. 2010, Krause Rene leg.
Very similar to ) violaceus andrzejuscii, but has a more smoothed elite structure.

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus wolffii Dejean, 1826 ( n. mehelyi Ganglbauer, 1896)
Female, 31 mm
N-Romania, Rodna Mts., Pasul Setref-Sacel 10km E, h=810 m, 8-19. VI. 2009, Krause Rene leg.
It differs from the nominative by a dimmer border, often with a green tint.
Distribution - Northern Romania, Western Ukraine:Montenegro, Marmaros

Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus wolffii Dejean, 1826 f. pygmaeus Petri, 1912
25 mm
Practically black alpine shape.
H Ukraine, hr. Chernogora h=2030m. 13-24. VI. 2010

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus violaceus Linnaeus, 1758
28 mm
S.Bohemia, Hluboka nad Vltavou, h=380 m, 6.VIII.2004, S. Budka leg.

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus violaceus n. intermarinus
Blumenthal & Staven, 1985
5-9.08.1998 Poland, Gdansk distr., Gdynya env.,
Reservat «Cisowa», I. Solodovnikov leg.
Female - 26 mm.
It certainly doesn't look like a subspecies.
On average, it is slightly smaller than the nominative, and the body is visually narrower. Elytra are more shiny.

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Carabus (Megodontus) vietinghoffi ssp. bowringi Chaudoir, 1863
Russia, Far East, Primorsky reg., Khasansky distr.,
Zanadvorovka vill., Gusevsky pit.
M - 19-21.VI.2007, body lenght 29 mm.
F - 15.VII.2008, body lenght 30 mm.
S. Veriga leg.
The pictured subspecies lives in Primorye, Northern China, and South Korea.
Holarctic forest type, mainly in the mountains.

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Carabus (Megodontus) kantaikensis Gehin, 1885
(= ermaki Lutshnik, 1924)
I won't discuss synonymy here. Taken from www.carabidae.ru. Under ab. kantaikensis Gehin, 1885 previously meant an aberration with bronze-red suture and elytra keels.
Russia, SW Siberia, W. Sayan, Krasnoyarsk reg.,
S of Abakan, near Cheryomushki, Dzhoysky Pass.
07-VII-1994 M. Danilevsky leg.
body lenght 18 mm.
It inhabits the polar tundras from the Pechora and Polar Urals to the Lena River. In the south of Siberia in the Sayan Mountains and the Baikal region, where it is mainly associated with floodplain and dark coniferous forests. It is rare and sporadic. (Shilenkov V. G.)

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Carabus(Megodontus) danilevskii Obydov, 1993
26-29.VII.1996
Russia, SW Siberia, Krasnoyarsk reg., W. Sayan, near Cheryomushki.
M-18mm, F-20 mm.

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus germarii Sturm, 1815
36 mm
W Croatia, Ivanščica Mts , Ivanec, 6-13.VI.2003, Krause Rene leg.

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Carabus (Megodontus) schoenherri Fisch., 1820

Yesterday caught in the Urals (Chelyabinsk region, Snezhinsk) - not a frequent guest here...

This post was edited by Bolivar - 17.06.2011 13: 19