''Carabus albrechti'' is a species of either black or brown coloured
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it i ...
in the subfamily
Carabinae that is endemic to
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Subspecies
The species have 11 subspecies all of which could be found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Carabus albrechti albrechti''
Morawitz, 1862
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Carabus albrechti awashimae''
Ishikawa & Takami, 1996
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Carabus albrechti echigo''
Ishikawa & Takami, 1996
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Carabus albrechti esakianus''
Nakane, 1961
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Carabus albrechti freyi''
van Emden, 1932
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Carabus albrechti hagai
''Carabus albrechti hagai'' is a subspecies of ground beetle in the family Carabidae that is endemic to Japan.
References
Carabus, albrechti hagai
Beetles described in 1997
Endemic fauna of Japan
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Takami & Ishikawa, 1997
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Carabus albrechti hidakanus''
Ishikawa & Takami, 1996
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Carabus albrechti itoi''
Ishikawa & Takami, 1996
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Carabus albrechti okumurai''
(Ishikawa, 1966)
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Carabus albrechti tohokuensis''
(Ishikawa, 1984)
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Carabus albrechti tsukubanus''
Takami & Ishikawa, 1997
References
albrechti
Beetles described in 1862
Endemic fauna of Japan
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