Carabus blaptoides

Damaster blaptoides is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae that can be found in Japan and Russia. The species are black coloured, but could have either purple or green pronotum.

Subspecies include:
 * Carabus blaptoides blaptoides
 * Carabus blaptoides oxuroides
 * Carabus blaptoides rugipennis
 * †Carabus blaptoides hanae