Carenum

***Carenum*** er en slekt av løpebiller som lever mer eller mindre underjordiske.

## Utseende
Middelsstore (gjerne ca. 20-30 millimeter), avlange, blanke løpebiller, gjerne med metallglans. Hodet er stort uten påfallende forstørrede kjever, pronotum omtrent halvsirkelformet. Det er en kraftig innkjæring ("stilk") mellom pronotum og dekkvingene, som er rundede. Beina er korte og kraftige.

## Levevis
Graveløperne er rovdyr som lever mer eller mindre underjordisk, der de graver ganger.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Australia.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller,** Coleoptera** Linnaeus, 1758
** Underordenen Adephaga 
*** Overfamilien løpebiller og vannkalver, Caraboidea
**** Familien løpebiller, Carabidae Latreille, 1802
***** Underfamilien **[[graveløpere]], [[Scaritinae]]** Bonelli, 1810
****** Stammen Scaritini Bonelli, 1810 
******* Understammen Carenina MacLeay, 1888
******** Slekten ***Carenum*** Bonelli, 1813

### Liste over artene
* *[[Carenum acutipes]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum adelaidae]]* (Blackburn, 1888)
* *[[Carenum affine]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum amplicolle]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum angustipenne]]* Macleay, 1871
* *[[Carenum anthracinum]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum batesi]]* Masters, 1885
* *[[Carenum bellum]]* Sloane, 1917
* *[[Carenum blackburni]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum bonellii]]* Brulle, 1835
* *[[Carenum brevicolle]]* Sloane, 1894
* *[[Carenum breviforme]]* Bates, 1874
* *[[Carenum brevipenne]]* (Macleay, 1887)
* *[[Carenum brisbanense]]* Castelnau, 1867
* *[[Carenum browni]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum carbonarium]]* Castelnau, 1867
* *[[Carenum cavipenne]]* (Bates, 1874)
* *[[Carenum cognatum]]* Sloane, 1895
* *[[Carenum concinnum]]* Sloane, 1905
* *[[Carenum convexum]]* Chaudoir, 1868
* *[[Carenum coracinum]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum cordipenne]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum coruscum]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum cupreomarginatum]]* Blackburn, 1888
* *[[Carenum cupripenne]]* Macleay, 1863
* *[[Carenum decorum]]* Sloane, 1888
* *[[Carenum devastator]]* Castelnau, 1867
* *[[Carenum devisii]]* Macleay, 1883
* *[[Carenum digglesi]]* (Macleay, 1869)
* *[[Carenum dispar]]* Macleay, 1869
* *[[Carenum distinctum]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum ducale]]* Sloane, 1905
* *[[Carenum elegans]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum emarginatum]]* Sloane, 1900
* *[[Carenum episcopale]]* (Castelnau, 1867)
* *[[Carenum eximium]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum felix]]* Sloane, 1888
* *[[Carenum filiforme]]* (Castelnau, 1867)
* *[[Carenum floridum]]* Sloane, 1917
* *[[Carenum formosum]]* Sloane, 1907
* *[[Carenum foveolatum]]* (Macleay, 1888)
* *[[Carenum frenchi]]* (Sloane, 1894)
* *[[Carenum froggatti]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum fugitivum]]* Blackburn, 1888
* *[[Carenum fulgidum]]* Sloane, 1917
* *[[Carenum gratiosum]]* (Sloane, 1897)
* *[[Carenum habile]]* Sloane, 1892
* *[[Carenum habitans]]* Sloane, 1890
* *[[Carenum imitator]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum inconspicuum]]* Blackburn, 1888
* *[[Carenum ineditum]]* Macleay, 1869
* *[[Carenum interiore]]* Sloane, 1888
* *[[Carenum interruptum]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum iridescens]]* Sloane, 1894
* *[[Carenum janthinum]]* Macleay, 1883
* *[[Carenum kingii]]* Macleay, 1869
* *[[Carenum laevigatum]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum laevipenne]]* Macleay, 1863
* *[[Carenum laterale]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum leai]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum lepidum]]* Sloane, 1890
* *[[Carenum levissimum]]* (Sloane, 1900)
* *[[Carenum lobatum]]* Sloane, 1900
* *[[Carenum longulum]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum macleayi]]* Blackburn, 1888
* *[[Carenum magnificum]]* (Macleay, 1887)
* *[[Carenum marginatum]]* (Boisduval, 1835)
* *[[Carenum montanum]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum morosum]]* Sloane, 1907
* *[[Carenum nickerli]]* Ancey, 1880
* *[[Carenum nitidipes]]* Sloane, 1916
* *[[Carenum obsoletum]]* Macleay, 1888
* *[[Carenum occidentale]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum odewahnii]]* Castelnau, 1867
* *[[Carenum opacicolle]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum optimum]]* Sloane, 1895
* *[[Carenum ovalee]]* Sloane, 1900
* *[[Carenum parvulum]]* Macleay, 1873
* *[[Carenum perplexum]]* White, 1841
* *[[Carenum planipenne]]* Macleay, 1873
* *[[Carenum politissimum]]* Chaudoir, 1868
* *[[Carenum politum]]* Westwood, 1842
* *[[Carenum porphyreum]]* Bates, 1874
* *[[Carenum pulchrum]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum puncticolle]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum punctipenne]]* (Macleay, 1883)
* *[[Carenum purpuratum]]* (Castelnau, 1867)
* *[[Carenum purpureum]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum pusillum]]* Macleay, 1883
* *[[Carenum quadripunctatum]]* Macleay, 1863
* *[[Carenum rectangulare]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum reflexum]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum regulare]]* Sloane, 1900
* *[[Carenum rutilans]]* Sloane, 1907
* *[[Carenum scaritoides]]* Westwood, 1843
* *[[Carenum serratipes]]* Sloane, 1900
* *[[Carenum simile]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum smaragdulum]]* Westwood, 1842
* *[[Carenum speciosum]]* Sloane, 1888
* *[[Carenum splendens]]* Castelnau, 1867
* *[[Carenum splendidum]]* Macleay, 1863
* *[[Carenum striatopunctatum]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum subcostatum]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum subcyaneum]]* Macleay, 1869
* *[[Carenum submetallicum]]* Macleay, 1871
* *[[Carenum subplanatum]]* Bates, 1874
* *[[Carenum subporcatulum]]* Macleay, 1865
* *[[Carenum sumptuosum]]* Westwood, 1842
* *[[Carenum terraereginae]]* Macleay, 1883
* *[[Carenum tibiale]]* Sloane, 1894
* *[[Carenum tinctilatum]]* (Newman, 1838)
* *[[Carenum transversicolle]]* Chaudoir, 1868
* *[[Carenum tumidipes]]* Sloane, 1900
* *[[Carenum venustum]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum versicolor]]* Sloane, 1897
* *[[Carenum violaceum]]* Macleay, 1864
* *[[Carenum virescens]]* Sloane, 1894
* *[[Carenum viridiaeneum]]* (Macleay, 1888)
* *[[Carenum viridicolor]]* (Sloane, 1895)
* *[[Carenum viridissimum]]* (Macleay, 1888)

## Eksterne lenker
* Atlas of Living Australia - *Carenum* https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:133e2995-2860-4d6b-91ea-e8c4e689520e#overview
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