About Carabus blaptoides (Kollar, 1836)
Carabus blaptoides, originally described by Kollar in 1836, has the synonym Damaster blaptoides. It is a species of ground beetle belonging to the family Carabidae, found in Japan and Russia. Individuals of this species are primarily black, and their pronotum may be either purple or green. This species has three living subspecies and one extinct subspecies: Carabus blaptoides blaptoides, Carabus blaptoides oxuroides, Carabus blaptoides rugipennis, and the extinct †Carabus blaptoides hanae.
