Illustrated Catalogue of the Genus Carabus of the World (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Pensoft Series Faunistica No 34, ISSN 1312-0174
Deuve, T
2004. Sofia-Moscow, 210x290, 24 color plates, 1175 b/w figures, index, bibliography, In English.
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Contents:
Introduction - Acknowledgements - I. Morphology. - A. Imaginal Morphology. - 1. The Head. - 2. The Prothorax. - 3. The Pterothorax. - 4. The Abdomen. - 1) The Female Genital Segments. - 2) The Male Genital Segments. - Bibliography for the Morphology of the Imagines - B. Larval Morphology. - 1. The Head. - 2. The Thorax. - 3. The Abdomen. - Bibliography for the Morphology of the Larvae - II. Systematics. - A. Systematic Position of the Genus Carabus. - B. Phylogeny and Classification of the Genus Carabus. - 1. The Basic Classification. - 2. The Characteristics of the Larvae. - 3. The Characteristics of the Endophallus. - 4. Molecular Phylogenies. - 1) Studies of Polytypic Species and Species Complexes. - Species of the Subgenus Ohomopterus - Other Japanese Species - Species of the Subgenus Chrysocarabus - Other Studies - 2) General Phylogeny of the Genus Carabus and Classifications. - General Results - Particular Results - 5. Classifications and Nomenclatural Problems. - 6. Current State of Knowledge and Classification. - C. The Catalogue and Nomenclatural Problems. - Bibliography for the systematics - III. Catalogue. - 1. SPINULATI Ishikawa - 2. DIGITULATI Deuve - 3. LIPASTRiMORPHI Deuve - 4. ARCHICARABOMORPHI Deuve - 5. Tachypogenici Imura - 6. Metacarabi Bengtsson - 7. Arcifera Imura - 8. Neocarabi Bengtsson - 9. Incertae sedis - 10. So-called hybrids - 11. FOSSILS IN THE GENUS CARABUS - Plates - Index - Collective names - Genus-group names - Species-group names

Notes:
The genus Carabus, described by Linnaeus in 1758, is widely distributed, comprising 853 species from the temperate regions of Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America. Due to their elegant forms and often sumptuous colours, these beetles are amongst the most often collected insects. They also provide precious material for scientists interested in the geographical variation of a natural group and the ways in which it has evolved. The Illustrated Catalogue of the genus Carabus of the World is a continuation of the catalogues published by the same author in 1991 and 1994. However, this new edition is more than a simple update, being considerably augmented by information on type localities of taxa and with drawings of the male aedeagus for all the species and the main subspecies, which often allow their identification. The type species of each subgenus is illustrated by a colour photograph. A new classification is proposed, taking into account recent work on the morphology of adults and larvae, along with published DNA analyses. Running to over 400 pages and with more than 1200 figures, this richly illustrated work covers the whole nomenclature of the genus Carabus. Following a summary of the morphological characteristics of these insects, the author discusses at length the different classifications that have been proposed and considers our present knowledge of the phylogeny of the genus, with particular reference to molecular analyses. The catalogue proper follows with a classification of the taxa in systematic sequence. For each species, information is given on its general distribution, a classification of the subspecies, the corresponding lists of synonyms and homonyms, the type localities of the taxa and at least one drawing of the aedeagus. The author is a world-renowned specialist of the comparative morphology and phylogeny of insects at the Museum national d`Histoire naturelle, Paris. Based on his studies of material from all the major museums of the world, he has published more than 150 scientific papers on the genus Carabus. His 30 expeditions to the mountains of Asia (China, Himalayas, Central Asia, Iran, Lebanon and Turkey) has allowed him to discover many new species and to study first-hand the geographical variation of these insects in the field.

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