''Carabus alexandrae'' is a species of black 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 ...
from
Carabinae subfamily, that is endemic to
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
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China
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Subspecies
The species have 3 subspecies all of which could be found in
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
Province of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Carabus alexandrae alexandrae''
Semenov, 1887
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Carabus alexandrae cratocephaloides''
Semenov, 1887
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Carabus alexandrae subidolon''
Deuve, 1994
References
alexandrae
Beetles described in 1887
Beetles of Asia
Endemic fauna of Gansu
Taxa named by Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
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