Carabus
Carabus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, and was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus.
The genus is highly diverse with 94 subgenera, over 900 species and 2300 subspecies, thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearctic, but 16 Nearctic species are also known. Carabus species are long, and most species are wingless and often very colourful. These are nocturnal, predatory beetles that feed on snails, earthworms, and caterpillars. Most Carabus species were thought to have inhabited the Eurasian forest, but their low dispersal abilities altered the distribution of lineages within the genus.
Diet
Adult Carabus feed on both small live and dead animals such as slugs, snails, earthworms, and insects in all stages, sometimes dead vertebrates. The ways of feeding on snails are different for their adaptations, as macrocephalic beetles feed on snails by crushing the snail shell, and stenocephalic beetles feed on snails by inserting their heads into the snail shell.Species
;Subgenus Acathaicus Reitter, 1896;Subgenus Acoptolabrus A.Morawitz, 1886
;Subgenus Acoptopterus Lapouge, 1927
;Subgenus Acrocarabus Lapouge, 1930
;Subgenus Alipaster Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Apoplesius Deuve, 1990
;Subgenus Apotomopterus Hope, 1838
;Subgenus Archicarabus Seidlitz, 1887
;Subgenus Aristocarabus Semenov, 1897
;Subgenus Aulonocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Axinocarabus A.Morawitz, 1886
;Subgenus Calocarabus Semenov, 1887
;Subgenus Carabus Linnaeus, 1758
;Subgenus Cathaicus Bates, 1870
;Subgenus Cathoplius C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Cechenochilus Motschulsky, 1850
;Subgenus Cechenotribax Semenov & Znojko, 1932
;Subgenus Cephalornis Semenov, 1889
;Subgenus Chaetocarabus C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Chaetomelas C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Chrysocarabus C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Cratocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Cratocechenus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Cratocephalus Kirsch, 1859
;Subgenus Cratophyrtus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Cryptocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Ctenocarabus C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Cupreocarabus Deuve, 1997
;Subgenus Cychrostomus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Cyclocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Damaster Kollar, 1836
;Subgenus Deroplectes Reitter, 1895
;Subgenus Diocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Eccoptolabrus Semenov, 1898
;Subgenus Euleptocarabus Nakane, 1955
;Subgenus Eupachys Chaudoir, 1857
;Subgenus Eurycarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Fulgenticarabus Deuve & Li, 1998
;Subgenus Gnathocarabus Deuve, 1991
;Subgenus Goniocarabus Géhin, 1885
;Subgenus Hemicarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Heterocarabus A.Morawitz, 1886
;Subgenus Homoeocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Hygrocarabus C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Hypsocarabus Semenov, 1898
;Subgenus Imaibius Bates, 1889
;Subgenus Iniopachus Solier, 1848
;Subgenus Ischnocarabus Kraatz, 1877
;Subgenus Isiocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Lamprostus Motschulsky, 1866
;Subgenus Leptocarabus Géhin, 1885
;Subgenus Leptoplesius Reitter, 1898
;Subgenus Limnocarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Lipaster Motschulsky, 1866
;Subgenus Macrothorax Chenu, 1851
;Subgenus Meganebrius Kraatz, 1895
;Subgenus Megodontoides Deuve, 1991
;Subgenus Megodontus Solier, 1848
;Subgenus Mesocarabus C.G.Thomson, 1875
;Subgenus Microplectes Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Mimocarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Morphocarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Neoplectes Reitter, 1885
;Subgenus Neoplesius Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Nesaeocarabus Bedel, 1895
;Subgenus Ohomopterus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Ophiocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Oreocarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Orinocarabus Kraatz, 1878
;Subgenus Oxycarabus Semenov, 1898
;Subgenus Pachycarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Pachystus Motschulsky, 1866
;Subgenus Pagocarabus A.Morawitz, 1886
;Subgenus Pantophyrtus Thieme, 1881
;Subgenus Piocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Platycarabus A.Morawitz, 1886
;Subgenus Procerus Dejean, 1821
;Subgenus Procrustes Bonelli, 1810
;Subgenus Pseudocoptolabrus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Pseudocranion Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Rhigocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Scambocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Semnocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Shunichiocarabus Imura, 1995
;Subgenus Sphodristocarabus Géhin, 1885
;Subgenus Stephanocarabus Imura, 1995
;Subgenus Tachypus Weber, 1801
;Subgenus Tanaocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Teratocarabus Semenov & Znojko, 1932
;Subgenus Tmesicarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Tomocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Subgenus Trachycarabus Géhin, 1876
;Subgenus Tribax Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
;Subgenus Ulocarabus Reitter, 1896
;Extinct, not assigned to subgenus