Carabus vietinghoffii, Vietinghoff's worm and slug hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.
Subspecies
- Carabus vietinghoffii bowringii <small>Chaudoir, 1863</small> (China, North Korea, Russia)
- Carabus vietinghoffii dajianensis <small>Deuve & Li, 2011</small> (China)
- Carabus vietinghoffii fulgidiformis <small>Obydov, 2008</small> (China)
- Carabus vietinghoffii fulgidus <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1828</small> (China, Russia)
- Carabus vietinghoffii vietinghoffii (USA, Canada, Russia, Alaska)
References
- Riley K, Browne R (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". . ZooKeys 147: 601âÂÂ621.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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