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Thank you for an ID.

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Genus Carabus, Nebriinae, Scarabaeidae palearct, Trogidae a Geotrupidae orbis,Mutillidae

Examination of clypeus and labrum would be mandatory, however based on general look and locality I am quite sure it is Eulasia (Eulasia) arctos armeniaca.
There are however several Eulasia with general appearance similar to this one, whose the taxonomy is not clear at all.

Yes Marco, for example Eulasia chrysopyga I caught last year in Northern Armenia.

NB : I'm a real rookie on this forum, I don't see where are the capture data of the picture.

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Genus Carabus, Nebriinae, Scarabaeidae palearct, Trogidae a Geotrupidae orbis,Mutillidae

Thanks, Roberto

Yes, but in that case you should have yellow/orange hair on abdomen tip and elytral hair dar with light longitudinal stripes.

After the new photo I still think it's arctos armeniaca

Eulasia (Eulasia) chrysopyga Falderman, 1835
Eulasia (Eulasia) arctos armeniaca Reitter, 1890

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Thanks Jan for the information.

The criteria are given in the review of Genus Eulasia by Baraud (1990) :

- sides of the abdomen with orange hair --> chrysopyga
- all the hair black, above and below, with sometimes bands of pale hairs on the elytra. Sides of the abdomen with black hair --> arctos armeniaca

In fact, I need to sped a little time on my Eulasia caught in Armenia, some of them seem to be different.

Thank you

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Genus Carabus, Nebriinae, Scarabaeidae palearct, Trogidae a Geotrupidae orbis,Mutillidae