Calathus abaxoides explained

Calathus abaxoides is a species of ground beetle from the Platyninae from the Platyninae subfamily. It is endemic to Tenerife, the Canary Islands. It occurs in laurel forests, often on tree trunks .

Further reading

• Wollaston. T. Vernon. [<!---http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222936208681246---> On the Calathi of the Canary Islands]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1862. 9. 53. 345. 3rd Series. . 10.1080/00222936208681246.
• Book: Wollaston. T. Vernon. Coleoptera Atlantidum, Being an Enumeration of the Coleopterous Insects of the Madeiras, Salvages, and Canaries. 1865. John van Voorst. London. 29.