Calosoma monticola

Calosoma monticola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. monticola
Binomial name
Calosoma monticola
Casey, 1913

Calosoma monticola, the mountain beautiful black searcher, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.[1] It was described by Casey in 1913.[1] This species is found in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, where it inhabits sagebrush areas.

Adults are brachypterous and have been recorded preying on cutworms, wireworms, scarabaeids, coccinelids, meloids, and staphylinds.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Calosoma monticola Casey, 1897". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)


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