Carabus (Archicarabus), Seidlitz, 1887

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 192

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scientific name	Carabus (Archicarabus)
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Subgenus Archicarabus Seidlitz, 1887

Archicarabus Seidlitz, 1887: 6 [Gattung]. Type species: Carabus nemoralis Müller, 1764 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek arche (beginning) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Archeocarabus Bengtsson, 1927: 83. Type species: Carabus nemoralis Müller, 1764 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek arche (beginning) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Ten species in Europe and the Middle East (Deuve 2004: 167-173), one of them adventive in North America.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Carabus