Calosoma vagans

Calosoma vagans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. vagans
Binomial name
Calosoma vagans
Dejean, 1831

Calosoma vagans, the roaming caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.[1] It was described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean.[1] This species is found in Argentina, Chile and Peru, where it inhabits areas with cold winters.

Adults are nocturnal.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Calosoma vagans Dejean, 1831". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)