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Genus Calosoma - Caterpillar Hunter Beetles

Unknown large green beetle - Calosoma scrutator Calosoma - Calosoma sayi interesting beetle - Calosoma scrutator Carabidae? - Calosoma semilaeve Big Black Beetle - Calosoma semilaeve?? - Calosoma Calosoma - Calosoma peregrinator Black Caterpillar Hunter Beetle - Calosoma sayi Beetle in Arkansas - Calosoma sayi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Carabinae
Tribe Carabini
Genus Calosoma (Caterpillar Hunter Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The classification used in the guide follows Bousquet (2012)(1)
Explanation of Names
Calosoma Weber 1801
From Greek kalos (καλος) 'pretty, beautiful' + soma (σωμα) 'body'
Numbers
~40 spp. in 9 subgenera in our area(1), 125 spp. in 19 subgenera total(2)
Size
~25–35 mm
Identification
keys in (3)
Range
worldwide, incl. much of NA, more diverse in the south