Calosoma senegalense
| Calosoma senegalense | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Species: | C. senegalense
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| Binomial name | |
| Calosoma senegalense Dejean, 1831
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Calosoma senegalense is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.[1] It was described by Dejean in 1831. This species is found in Cape Verde, Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Madagascar.[1]
Adults reach a length of 25-30 mm and have a dark bronze colour. Adults are diurnal and nocturnal.
They prey on other insects, and was introduced to Hawaii as a possible predator of Spodoptera mauritia, but acclimatization was unsuccessful.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Calosoma senegalense Dejean, 1831". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ Calosoma of the world