Calosoma angulatum
| Calosoma angulatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Species: | C. angulatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calosoma angulatum Chevrolat, 1834
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Calosoma angulatum, the angulate caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.[1] It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1834.[1] This species is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and the United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas), where it inhabits premontane moist forests and oak-savannah.
Adults have been recorded preying on Spodoptera frugiperda.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Calosoma angulatum Chevrolat, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)