Calosoma schaefferi

Calosoma schaefferi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. schaefferi
Binomial name
Calosoma schaefferi
Breuning, 1928
Synonyms
  • Callisthenes schaefferi
  • Calosoma irregulare Schaeffer, 1915
  • Calosoma discors schaefferi
  • Calosoma striatius Hatch, 1953

Calosoma schaefferi, the Schaeffer's beautiful black searcher, is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is found in California and Oregon,[1] where it inhabits damp meadows.

Adults are brachypterous.[2]

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