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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 Chrysostigma (Calosoma Subgenus Chrysostigma) » Fiery Hunter (Calosoma calidum)

Species Calosoma calidum - Fiery Hunter

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Fiery Hunter (Calosoma calidum)?? - Calosoma calidum What kind of beetle is this? - Calosoma calidum Is this another Callisthenes calidus? - Calosoma calidum Callisthenes calidus - Calosoma calidum Carabidae - Fiery Hunter, dorsal - Calosoma calidum Beetle - Calosoma calidum Callisthenes calidus? - Calosoma calidum Calosoma calidum
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 Chrysostigma)
Species calidum (Fiery Hunter)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Calosoma calidum (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Carabus calidus Fabricius 1775
Callisthenes calidus
Size
19-25 mm(1)
Identification
Large, black, elytra with brilliant red/gold, rounded punctures(2)
Range
MT to ME, most of Canada(3)
Habitat
open places: vacant fields, sand/gravel pits, roadsides(1)
Food
See Also
Calosoma sayi
Internet References
University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
Contributed by Cotinis on 26 March, 2004 - 10:58am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 29 October, 2018 - 11:29am

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