Alpine ground beetle
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Alpine ground beetle ( Carabus alpestris ) |
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The alpine ground beetle ( Carabus alpestris ) is a species of the real ground beetle ( Carabus ) that only lives in the Central European Alps .
features
The alpine ground beetle reaches a body length of 16 to 22 millimeters. It is copper-colored and shiny on the upper side of the body, but can also shimmer greenish or bronze-colored and be almost black. Compared to the very similar mountain forest ground beetle ( C. silvestris ), the pronotum is not concave at the base, but evenly narrowed. However, a clear determination is only possible on the basis of the genitals .
distribution
The alpine ground beetle is only found in the Central European Limestone Alps and the Hohe Tauern . He lives there in the Krummholzzone and the grass heath under stones and cow dung and can be found from June to August.
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetles - observation, way of life . Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7
