genus
Carabus
Carabus is a genus in the family Carabidae. This database currently files 990 species under it, recorded across 65 countries.
- Species filed
- 990
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 65
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Carabus
Ranked by popularity score.
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
Smooth ground beetle
Carabus glabratus
Carabus auronitens
Carabus auronitens
Where is Carabus found?
Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 1–2
- 3–12
- 13–24
- 25+
The 200 best-known species in Carabus
Of 990 on file.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violet ground beetle | Carabus violaceus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 24 |
| Bronze carabid | Carabus nemoralis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 27 |
| Blue ground beetle | Carabus intricatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 21 |
| Granulated ground beetle | Carabus granulatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 36 |
| Carabid beetle | Carabus olympiae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Rough violet ground beetle | Carabus problematicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 19 |
| Smooth ground beetle | Carabus glabratus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 23 |
| Carabus auronitens | Carabus auronitens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 13 |
| Necklace ground beetle | Carabus monilis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 9 |
| Round worm and slug hunter | Carabus vinctus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Vietinghoff's ground beetle | Carabus vietinghoffii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Glowing-edged ground beetle | Carabus marginalis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 6 |
| Snail-eating beetle | Carabus blaptoides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Woodland ground beetle | Carabus sylvosus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Gravel ground beetle | Carabus taedatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Serrate-shoulder worm and slug hunter | Carabus serratus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Meander ground beetle | Carabus maeander | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Cottian Alps ground beetle | Carabus cychroides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus alexandrae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus changgeonleei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus constricticollis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus gehinii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus haeckeli | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus jingkeanus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus leechi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus lopatini | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus mirabilissimus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus planicranion | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus schrenckii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus agamemnon | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus andreiianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus anhuinus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus baimanorum | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus baogai | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus battoniensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus bornianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dabashanus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus daiyunshan | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dongchuanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus donjuan | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dreuxioides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus emanuelei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus fontellus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus jinnanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus koidei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus kucerai | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus kweitshauensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus lacertosus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus latipennis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ludingensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus maowenensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus mianningensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus mirandus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus morphocaraboides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus nanosomus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus nestor | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus oblongior | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ohomopteroides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus paris | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus platyfluvius | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pseudolatipennis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus relictus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus roccaianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus tianbaoshan | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus tieguanzi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus vigil | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus vigilax | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus wutaishanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus xupuensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus yunnanus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus callisthenoides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus guerini | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus barovskii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dengyuani | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dshungaricola | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus eokirgisicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus eous | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus eugeniellus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus foreli | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus hiekei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus infantulus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus karkarensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus khalyktauensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus kiritschenkoi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus malkovskyi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus manap | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pauliani | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pupulus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus rueckbeili | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus semenovianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus shirtalensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus thianshanskii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus tianshanicola | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus valikhanovi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Carabus omphreodes | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus adolescens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus aeneocupreus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ajax | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus angermaieri | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus anlongensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus antoniettae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus anxiensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus arrowi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus benardi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus birmanus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus boulbenianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus bousquetellus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus breuningianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus candidiequus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus cantonensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus caoyutangicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus casaleianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus cavazzutiellus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus cenwangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus chadianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus cheni | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus chenianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus circe | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus clermontianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus cyanopterus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dabamontanus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dapanshanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus datianshanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus davidis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dechambreianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus delavayi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus dilatatipennis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ebian | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus eccoptopteroides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus eccoptopterus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus elektra | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus elliptipennis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus fallettiellus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus fanjinensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus feae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus flavihervosus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus foveatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus francottei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus fushuangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus gracilithorax | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus grossefoveatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus guangxicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus guibeicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus guzhangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus hera | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus hiekeianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus huangianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus hubeicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ichangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus inagakii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus infirmior | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus inventoides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus inventus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus jingliae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus jingzhongensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus kafka | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus keithi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus koiwayai | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus korellianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus kouanping | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus kouichii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Carabus kryzhanovskianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus lamarcki | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus lambrechti | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus laoshanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus leda | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus lizizhongi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus longeantennatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ludivinae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus luschanensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus madefactus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus malaisei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus maoershanicus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus marcilhacianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus masuzoi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus mecynodes | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus melli | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus menelaus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus microtatos | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus ngi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus nigrovagans | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus novenumus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus odysseus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pangi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus patroclus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus penelope | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pineticola | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus prattianus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus prodigus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus protenes | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pseudocenwangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pseudoguizhouensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus pseudotorquatus | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus rapuzzi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus reni | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus rugulothorax | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus saga | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus sauteri | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Carabus schuetzei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Carabus semelai | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |