Carabus solieri

Carabus solieri is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae.

Description

Carabus solieri can reach about in length. The body is quite slender, metallic bright green, golden-green or green-coppery. Elytra are broad and robust, violet-red bordered and longitudinal crossed by ribs. This species mainly feeds on snails and it is crepuscular and nocturnal.

Distribution

This species occurs in France and in Italy, especially in part of the Western Alps and in Apennines. It is present in the beech and chestnut forests with plenty of rotting leaves, at an elevation of about above sea level.

Subspecies

Carabus solieri bonadonai Colas, 1948Carabus solieri bonnetianus Colas, 1936Carabus solieri clairi Géhin, 1885Carabus solieri liguranus Breuning, 1933Carabus solieri solieri Dejean, 1826