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Subgenus Ophiocarabus (Carabus)

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Aleksandr Safronov, 13.11.2010 22:21

It is an endemic subgenus from the Tien Shan. 17 species in Brzezina. All species are found in the middle mountain and high-mountain zones, always above 1500 m, in mountain forests, meadows and syrts (Kryzhanovsky). Beetles are small in size (13-24 mm). By morphology and distribution of subgen. Ophiocarabus is close to another endemic subgenus from the Tien Shan, Cryptocarabus.

Carabus (Ophiocarabus) regeli ssp. obscurior Semenov, 1888 (A. Safronov det.)
Kyrgyzstan, St. Tien-Shan, V. Terskey Ala-Tau, Kok-kiya River, h=2800 m
. 7-8. VI. 1997 m. Danilevsky leg.
Body length is 15-18 mm.

This post was edited by Entalex - 23.11.2011 15: 34

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16.03.2013 18:21, rpanin

Carabus (Ophiocarabus) ballionis Kraatz, 1879
22 мм
NW-China, Xinjiang prov., 40 km N Narat, h=1500, 12-12.VI.2004, Benes & Kaiser leg.

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