This species is also known in literature as Carabus arcensis or Eucarabus arcensis (Turin) or Morphocarabus arvensis (Rautenstrauch).
This is a blackish colour morph of Carabus arvensis. Carabus arvensis is a widespread Palearctic species, that shows a lot of colour variations. Sometimes, even in one place, three different colour morphs can be found. The most common and widespread colour morph found in Western Euope is 'coppery bronze'. In Senonches there is a dominance of blackish and purple colour morphs.