Calosoma parvicolle
| Calosoma parvicolle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Species: | C. parvicolle
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| Binomial name | |
| Calosoma parvicolle Fall, 1910
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Calosoma parvicolle, the small-necked caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae.[1][2][3][4] This species is found in Mexico (Baja California, Sonora) and the United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah), where it inhabits deserts and sand dunes.
Adults are nocturnal and diurnal, gregarious, and have been recorded preying on caterpillars, orthopterans and spiders.[5]
References
- ^ "Calosoma parvicolle Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Calosoma parvicolle". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Calosoma parvicolle species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.