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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 Calosoma (Calosoma Subgenus Calosoma) » Calosoma frigidum

Species Calosoma frigidum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Black Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma frigidum Frostbitten Hunter - Calosoma sayi - Calosoma frigidum Large Black Beetle - Calosoma frigidum - male Calosoma frigidum - male Black Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma sayi - Calosoma frigidum - male Big beetle? What type? - Calosoma frigidum - male Calosoma frigidum Calosoma frigidum
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 Calosoma)
Species frigidum (Calosoma frigidum)
Explanation of Names
Calosoma frigidum Kirby 1837
Size
17-27 mm(1)
Range
transcontinental in Canada (NS-BC), south to GA-TX-ne.NV(2)
Habitat
deciduous forests(1)
Remarks
often climbing trees(1)
Internet References
Species page(3)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 October, 2005 - 1:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2015 - 5:07pm

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