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Genus Calosoma - Caterpillar Hunter Beetles

Carabidae, Calosoma Scrutator ? - Calosoma scrutator Fiery Searcher - Calosoma scrutator Fiery Searcher - Calosoma scrutator Calosoma externum? - Calosoma externum Carabidae - Calosoma wilcoxi - Calosoma wilcoxi Fairy Hunter - Calosoma calidum Black Caterpillar Hunter Beetle - Calosoma sayi Calosoma scrutator
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
our spp. 13–35 mm(2)
Identification
keys in (3)
Range
worldwide, incl. much of NA, more diverse in the south
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Bruschi C. (2010‒2020) Calosoma of the world
3.North American caterpillar hunters of the genera Calosoma and Callisthenes (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Gidaspow, T. 1959. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 116: 225-343.
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov, KenW, PaleoJon
Last updated 15 April, 2024 - 6:45pm

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