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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Caterpillar Hunter Beetles (Calosoma) » Subgenus Calodrepa (Calosoma Subgenus Calodrepa) » Calosoma wilcoxi

Species Calosoma wilcoxi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
beetle - Calosoma wilcoxi Calosoma wilcoxi LeConte - Calosoma wilcoxi Calosoma wilcoxi LeConte - Calosoma wilcoxi Calosoma wilcoxi Calosoma wilcoxi - male - female Calosoma wilcoxi Calosoma wilcoxi? - Calosoma wilcoxi Technicolor Beetle - Calosoma wilcoxi
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)
No Taxon (Subgenus Calodrepa)
Species wilcoxi (Calosoma wilcoxi)
Explanation of Names
Calosoma wilcoxi LeConte 1847
Size
15-24 mm (1)
Identification
In general, smaller and duller than the similar Calosoma scrutator. See images and comments:

Range
e. US (se.NH-se.MN to c.GA-LA-s.TX) & so.ON(2)
Season
most BG records from May; historical reference notes from Raleigh, NC in June (3); South Carolina: April-May (1)
See Also

C. scrutator is very similar but larger
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1846-1848. A descriptive catalogue of the geodephagous Coleoptera inhabiting the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 4(6-12): 173-474.
Works Cited
1.Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 3 March, 2006 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 26 November, 2016 - 11:18am

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