Carabus scabrosus


Carabus scabrosus, common name huge violet ground beetle, is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae.

Description

Carabus scabrosus can reach about in length and about in width in the broadest part of elytra. This is among the largest of the known Carabus beetles. The basic colour varies from bluish black to violet or dark reddish brown. The thorax is broad, truncated anteriorly and posteriorly, very slightly convex. The elytrtra are oval, convex and covered throughout with small tubercles. Also the pronotum has a rugose, granular surface.

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