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Species Calosoma semilaeve

Beetle - Calosoma semilaeve - female Carabidae? - Calosoma semilaeve Carabidae? - Calosoma semilaeve Beetle - Calosoma semilaeve Calosoma? - Calosoma semilaeve Mating Pair - Calosoma semilaeve - male - female Beautiful Black Searcher Ground Beetle? - Calosoma semilaeve Calosoma semilaeve? - Calosoma semilaeve
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 semilaeve (Calosoma semilaeve)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Callisthenes semilaevis
Explanation of Names
Calosoma semilaeve LeConte 1852
Range
OR-CA to ID-UT-AZ(1)