Carabus (Carabus) granulatus Linnaeus, 1758

Della Rocca, Francesca, Stefanelli, Silvia, Cardarelli, Elisa, Bogliani, Giuseppe & Bracco, Francesco, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of the arthropods community inhabiting the winter-flooded meadows (marcite) of northern Italy, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 57889-57889 : 57889

Carabus (Carabus) granulatus Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

Transpalearctic species, distributed from Pyrenees and Great Britain as far east as Sakhalin and Japan. Introduced in North America ( Hůrka 1996). It can be found in mainland Italy; it is widespread in the northen part ( Vigna Taglianti 2005, Ruffo and Stoch 2005).

Notes

Brachypterous individuals dominate, but both macropterous and apterous specimens occurs. It is an hygrophilous, eurytopic species of both unshaded and shaded habitats; from lowlands to mountains ( Hůrka 1996).