Explanation of Names
Calosoma aurocinctum Chaudoir 1850
aurocinctum = gold-girdled
Range
southmost TX to Nicaragua -
Map (1)(2)Habitat
occasionally found in numbers in the coastal brush east of Brownsville. Townsend (1902) reported 3 taken under logs in damp place near a resaca in s. TX.
Season
May-July (BG data), plus Sept. (Townsend 1902)
Remarks
First recorded in the US by Townsend (1902) from specimens collected near Brownsville.
candidate for SGCN status.
Print References
Bates, H.W. (1881-1884) Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume I, Part 1,
Tab. 2, Fig. 10.
Townsend C.H.T. (1902) Contribution to a knowledge of the coleopterous fauna of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Tamaulipas, the biological notes and special reference to geological distribution. Transactions Together with the Proceedings for the Same Time By Texas Academy of Science 5: 49-101. (
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