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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Beautiful Black Searchers (Callisthenes) » Subgenus Chrysostigma (Callisthenes Subgenus Chrysostigma) » Fiery Hunter (Callisthenes calidus)

Species Callisthenes calidus - Fiery Hunter

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Fiery Hunter - Callisthenes calidus Calosoma calidum - Callisthenes calidus Fiery Hunter (Calosoma calidum)?? - Callisthenes calidus Fiery Hunter (Calosoma calidum)?? - Callisthenes calidus Large spotted ground beetle - Callisthenes calidus Carabidae: Calosoma? - Callisthenes calidus Is this Callisthenes calidus? - Callisthenes calidus Is this another Callisthenes calidus? - Callisthenes calidus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Carabinae
Tribe Carabini
Genus Callisthenes (Beautiful Black Searchers)
No Taxon (Subgenus Chrysostigma)
Species calidus (Fiery Hunter)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Calosoma calidum (Fabricius 1775)
Size
21-27 mm
Identification
Large, black, elytra with brilliant red, rounded punctures (1) or yellow/gold punctures as in this specimen
Range
ne. US and most of Canada(2)
See Also
Calosoma sayi
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
By Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett
Contributed by Cotinis on 26 March, 2004 - 10:58am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 21 November, 2010 - 9:49pm

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