Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii (as wolffii Dejean, 1826)
Male+Female adult
SW-Romania: Banat, Moldova Noua, Ravenska viil., 21.V.-5.VI.2010, Krause Rene leg. female, 32 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii (as mehelyi Ganglbauer, 1896 loc. typ.)
Male+Female adult
N-Romania, Rodna Mts., Pasul Setref - Sacel 10km E, h=810 m, 8-19.VI.2009, Krause Rene leg. female, 31mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Dejean, 1826 (as pygmaeus Petri, 1912)
Male adult
W Ukraine, NE Carpathians,<br /> Transcarpathian Reg., Rakhov Distr., Chornogora Mt Range h=2030m, alpine zone, 13-24.VI.2010 Panin R. leg./det.<br /> male, 25 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer, 1823
Male adult
W Ukraine, NW Podolian, Ternopol reg., Kremenets distr., near Chornyi Lis vill., steppe sites, 4-22.V.2009, Panin R. leg. female, 29 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer, 1823
Male adult
W-UKRAINE
NW Podolian, Lviv Reg., Zolochiv Distr., near Osovitsa, steppe sites, Panin R. leg. 1.V-6.VI.07
male, 26mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer, 1823
Male+Female adult
W. Ukraine, W. Podolian, Lviv reg., Nikolaev distr., near Krasiv vill., under the bark of oak tree, 8.II.2009, Panin R. leg. female, 29mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer, 1823 (as carbonatus Schaufuss, 1882)
Male adult
W.UKRAINE, Ukrainian Carpathians, Lviv Reg., Skolivski Beskidy Mts., near Skole, h=700m, 20.IX.2009, Panin R. leg. male, 33mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer, 1823
Endophallus
endophallus
Lviv reg., Nikolaev distr., near Krasiv vill.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus andrzejuscii Fischer, 1823
Male adult
W-Ukraine, Podolian Tovtry, Ternopol reg., Pidvolochysk distr., between Chagari-Zbarazhki & Shevchenkove vill., steppe sites, 6.V-7.VI.2012, Panin R. leg. L=25 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurichalceus Kraatz, 1879
Male adult
Spain, Pais Vasco, Aranzazu, 6.I.2005
Anichtchenko A. leg.
male, 27 mm
photo, det. & coll. Anichtchenko A.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurichalceus Kraatz, 1879
Male adult
NC-Spain, Cantabria, Santander, Cueto env.XII.2013 L=28 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829
Female adult
Kazakhstan,
North Kazakhstan Province (Kokchetavski region)1.VII.1986
female, 24mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829
Male adult
C.UKRAINE,
Poltava reg., near Novi Sanzhary, bank of Vorskla River, 1-2.VII.07, D.Kovalchuk leg.
male 25mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829
Endophallus

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829
Male adult

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829 Holotype
Male adult
Loc: "Moscow". http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ec/ec51 Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France) Collection: Insects - Coleoptera (EC) Specimen MNHN-EC-EC51
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829
Label
Loc: "Moscow". http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ec/ec51 Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France) Collection: Insects - Coleoptera (EC) Specimen MNHN-EC-EC51
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1829
Larva
N Ukraine, Chernigov reg., Dmitrovka viil., photo by Yakubovsky E.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus azurescens Dejean, 1826
Endophallus
W-Croatia, Velebit Mts., betw.Karlobag & Brusane vill.,
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus azurescens Dejean, 1826 (loc.typ.)
Male adult
W-Croatia, Velebit Mts., betw.Karlobag & Brusane vill., VI.2002, Manfred Egger leg.
L=30 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus baeterrensis Lapouge, 1901
Male+Female adult
S France,
Midi-Pyrénées Region, Ariège, Col du Chioula h=1500m, V-VI.2005, Pascal Stefani leg.
photo Panin R.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus baeterrensis Lapouge, 1901
Endophallus
ehdophallus
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus dryas Gistl, 1857
Endophallus
NE-Greece, Mt. Olympos, Litochoro env.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus dryas Gistl, 1857
Male adult
NE-Greece, Mt. Olympus, Litochoro env., 20-30.V.2005, Sima leg.
L=27 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus exasperatus Duftschmid, 1812
Male adult
Hungary, Budapest, Mt Buda, Harsbokor-hill,16-19.V.1992, I.Retezár leg., L=27 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus fiorii Born, 1901
Male+Female adult
NW-Italy,
Reggio Emilia, Regnano, 5.IX.1996 leg. Cartini A.
female, 30 mm
photo Panin R.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus fiorii Born, 1901
Endophallus
endophallus
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus fulgens Charpentier, 1825
Male adult
NC-Spain,
Navarra Reg., Sierra de Andнa, IX.2004, Pascal Stefani leg.
male, 30 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus fulgens Charpentier, 1825 (as gerundensis Born, 1916)
Male adult
Spain, Gerona, Garriguella, XI.1990 J. Soler leg.
male, 31mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus germarii Sturm, 1815
Female adult
Croatia, Ivanščica Mts , Ivanec, 6-13.VI.2003, Krause Rene leg.
L=36 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus germarii Sturm, 1815
Male adult
N Italy, Trent, Ampola, Mt. Tremalzo h=1700m, 3-13.VI.2010, Manfred Egger leg.
29 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus germarii Sturm, 1815
Endophallus
N Italy, Trent, Ampola, Mt. Tremalzo h=1700m
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus mixtus Gehin, 1876
Female adult
France, Eloise 74, pont de Gresin 14.07.1991
female, 29mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus mixtus (as neomixtus Tarrier, 1975)
Male adult
L=29mm SE-France, Drôme, Foret de Saou, VII.2014, Pascal Stefani leg.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus picenus A.& J.B.Villa, 1838
Male adult
Italia, Marche Pesaro
leg.det. K.Staven, 1998
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2008
length: 26-30 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus purpurascens Fabricius, 1787 (as osismius Lapouge, 1922)
Male adult
W-FRANCE, Brittany , Finistère, Botvarec Forest, 19.XI.2006, Pascal Stefani leg.
L=29 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus violaceus trans violaceus purpurascens Fabricius,1787
Male+Female adult
E-Netherlands, Gelderland, Winterswijk Woold env.,15.II.2015, H.de Haan leg.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus rilvensis Kolbe, 1887
Female adult
Bulgaria, Stara Zagora distr. Stara Planina Mts., Shipka Mt., 16.08.2005
A. Safronov leg.

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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus violaceus Linne, 1758
Male adult
S.Bohemia, Hluboka nad Vltavou, h=380 m, 6.VIII.2004, S. Budka leg.
L=28 mm
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus violaceus Linne, 1758 (as intermarinus Blumenthal & Staven, 1985)
Male+Female adult
Poland, Gdansk distr., Gdynya env., Reservat «Cisowa»,
5-9.08.1998 I. Solodovnikov leg.
female - 26 mm.
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Carabus (Megodontus) violaceus vlasuljensis Apfelbeck, 1894
Male adult
WC-Serbia, Borak - Gornje Babine, 1-10.VII.2007, M. Sima leg.
L=28 mm
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