Species Details
Carabus maeander
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SeasonalityAdults collected in May and June.
IdentificationThis species is in the subgenus Homoeocarabus. Black, upper surface and prosternum as a rule pronouncedly metallic, varying from bronze to copper or green. The prothorax is more convex than in granulatus, with less flattened sides. In elytral sculpture it resembles granulatus: three rows of strong tubercles alternating with two unbroken, more or less winding ridges; but the sutural ridge is lacking. The elytral margin is feebly serrate behind the shoulder. Length 15 to 23.5 mm.
Scientific Name
Carabus maeander
Habitat
A hygrophilus species, confined to more or less moist ground with rich, moderately high vegetation.
Seasonality
Adults collected in May and June.
Identification
This species is in the subgenus Homoeocarabus. Black, upper surface and prosternum as a rule pronouncedly metallic, varying from bronze to copper or green. The prothorax is more convex than in granulatus, with less…
This species is in the subgenus Homoeocarabus. Black, upper surface and prosternum as a rule pronouncedly metallic, varying from bronze to copper or green. The prothorax is more convex than in granulatus, with less flattened sides. In elytral sculpture it resembles granulatus: three rows of strong tubercles alternating with two unbroken, more or less winding ridges; but the sutural ridge is lacking. The elytral margin is feebly serrate behind the shoulder. Length 15 to 23.5 mm.
Life History
Overwinters in the adult stage.
Conservation
More common in the east, rare in the west.
Diet Info
Both larvae and adults are predatory.
Range
This species is found in northcentral to northeastern United States and ranges across most of Canada. In Alberta this species has been collected in central and southern regions.
Citation
Page Citation for Carabus maeander
Page Citation
"Species Details - Carabus maeander, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1439. Accessed 04 May. 2024.
References
Author
Bousquet, Yves and Andre Larochelle
Title
Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae Including Cicindelini) of America North of Mexico
Publication Date
1993
Series Title
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada
Pages
1-397
Author
Lindroth, Carl H.
Title
The Ground-beetles of Canada and Alaska. Part 2.
Publication Date
1961
Series Title
Opuscula Entomologica
Volume
20
Pages
1-200
Specimen Information
There are 104 specimens of this Species.
UASM152539 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Bells Corners
Collected ByO'Hara, J.
Date Collected1977-05-05
UASM212076 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lacombe
Collected ByHummel, J.; Montgomery, J.
Date Collected2006-08-15
UASM352576 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mundare
Date Collected1922-06-10
UASM352577 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Leduc
Collected ByCarr
Date Collected1923-05-14
UASM352578 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1924-05-19
UASM352579 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1924-05-19
UASM352580 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1928-04-25
UASM352581 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1919-05-24
UASM352582 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Leduc
Collected ByCarr
Date Collected1917-06-01
UASM352583 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cooking Lake
Date Collected1913-06-11
UASM352584 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Northwest Territories, Hay River
Collected ByBedford, R. H.
Date Collected1927-05-16
UASM352585 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1919-06-09
UASM352586 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Michigan, Ingham county, East Lansing
Collected ByGentner, L. G.
Date Collected1923-04-27
UASM352587 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Northwest Territories, Hay River
Collected ByBedford, R. H.
Date Collected1927-05-31
UASM352588 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wisconsin, Douglas county, Superior
Collected BySanders, J. G.
Date Collected1912-05-07
UASM352589 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills
Date Collected1924-09-01
UASM352590 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills
Date Collected1924-05-29
UASM352591 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1915-04-06
UASM362504 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edson
Date Collected1958-06-01
UASM362596 - Carabus maeander
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByGooding, R. H.
Date Collected1957-06-01