Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 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 .