Carabus auronitens
Carabus auronitens Fabricius, 1792
Status not recordedbeetles
The carabus auronitens (Carabus auronitens) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.6 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 13 countries, including Austria, Belgium and France.
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Quick facts about the carabus auronitens
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 1.8 cm – 2.6 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 13 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the carabus auronitens?
What eats the carabus auronitens?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the carabus auronitens
1 on record
- Greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis5 sources
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- Jaskula, R. & J. Hejduk. 2005. Carabidae (Coleoptera) in the diet of a greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). In: Protection of Coleoptera in the Baltic Sea Region (J. Sklodowski, et al, eds.). pp. 197-204. Warsaw Agricultural University Press, Warsaw, Poland.
- Geiselman, C. K., & Ember, S. (2020). Bat Eco-Interactions Database. www.batbase.org, version (28.06.2023)
- Graclik, A. & O. Wasielewski. 2012. Diet composition of Myotis myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in western Poland: results of fecal analyses. Turkish Journal of Zoology 36 (2): 209-213.
Where does the carabus auronitens live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The carabus auronitens is listed for 13 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: CarabCat (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the carabus auronitens endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the carabus auronitens classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCarabidae
- genusCarabus
- SpeciesCarabus auronitens Fabricius, 1792
Synonyms Chrysocarabus auronitens
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- střevlík zlatolesklýCzech
- Goldglänzender LaufkäferGerman
- Carabe à reflets d'orFrench
- aranyfutrinkaHungarian
- Goudglanzende loopkeverDutch
- Goudglanzende schallebijterDutch
- Biegacz zielonozłotyPolish
- Жужелица золотистоблестящаяRussian
- bystruška zlatáSlovak
- praktlöpareSwedish
- Турун золотосяйнийUkrainian
Relatives of the carabus auronitens
Other species in the same genus Carabus.
Violet ground beetle
Carabus violaceus
Bronze carabid
Carabus nemoralis
Blue ground beetle
Carabus intricatus
Granulated ground beetle
Carabus granulatus
Carabid beetle
Carabus olympiae
Rough violet ground beetle
Carabus problematicus
CompareCarabus auronitens vs Violet ground beetleCarabus auronitens vs Bronze carabidCarabus auronitens vs Blue ground beetleCarabus auronitens vs Granulated ground beetle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the carabus auronitens?
An adult carabus auronitens measures 1.8 cm – 2.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the carabus auronitens live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the carabus auronitens for 13 countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Hungary. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the carabus auronitens?
The carabus auronitens (Carabus auronitens) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.
What eats the carabus auronitens?
Animals recorded preying on the carabus auronitens include greater mouse-eared bat. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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