Calathus melanocephalus Linnaeus 1758

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Alternative combination: Carabus melanocephalus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Calathus according to V. Tamutis et al. 2011

See also Coope et al. 1961, De Geer 1774, Fabricius 1775, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767 and Müller 1776

Sister taxa: Calathus (Neocalathus), Calathus fuscipes, Calathus piceus

Distribution: found only at Upton Warren, Band 3 (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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