Abax carinatus

Description

Abax carinatus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe and the Near East. In Europe, it is found in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, mainland Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Abax is a genus of carabid beetles. There are approximately 100 mostly holarctic species and subspecies in this genus. These beetles are mostly glossy black with parallel striation on elytra. They are carnivorous.