Carabus auratus auratus Linnaeus, 1760

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 193

Carabus auratus auratus Linnaeus, 1760

Carabus auratus Linnaeus, 1760: 219. Type locality: «Suecia» (original citation), which is probably incorrect (Lindroth 1957b: 328). One possible syntype in LSL (Lindroth 1957b: 328).

Distribution.

This European subspecies was intentionally introduced into Massachusetts in 1908 and 1910 (Smith 1959: 7) for gypsy moth control. It is now established in New England (Lindroth 1961a: 37). The first inventoried specimen collected subsequently to its release was found in June 1920 in Winchester, Massachusetts (Smith 1959: 7).

Records.

USA: CT, MA, ME, NH, VT - Adventive

Note.

In a cladistic analysis conducted by Arndt et al. (2003: 312, Fig. 7.16), this species turned out as the sister-group to all remaining species of Carabus .