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Tribe Carabini

Giant Beetle - Carabus taedatus Callisthenes calidus - Calosoma calidum Black Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma sayi ID Please Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Carabus goryi Carabus goryi Calosoma luxatum Beetle larva - Calosoma
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
Numbers
3 genera with ~900 spp. worldwide (of which one extremely large but mostly Palaearctic), all represented in our area (ca. 55 spp.)(1)
Identification
The key below is adapted from(2)
Antennal segments 2 and 3 carinate (ridged). Mandibles with transverse rugosities, at least basally. Elytra with humeri well developed, wings well developed. Metepimeron longer than wide.---> Calosoma, Callisthenes
Antennal segments 2 and 3 cylindrical, not carinate (ridged). Mandibles smooth or finely punctate. Wings reduced, humeri sloping. Metepimeron wider than long or as wide as long. ---> Carabus

Compare mandibles, antennae of Carabus vinctus and Calosoma sayi:
Internet References
(3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.The ground beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Carabidae) including tiger beetles, tribe Cicindelini, by P.M. Choate
3.Bruschi C. (2010‒2020) Calosoma of the world
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 January, 2006 - 8:41am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 4:46pm

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