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Subfamily Calosoma - Nearctic And Neotropical - Beetles - Caterpillar Hunters - New World


Castrida alternans


Castrida abbreviatum


Castrida alternans


Castrida argentinense


Castrida retusum


Castrida vagans


Calosoma frigidum


Calodrepa aurocinctum
Beetle - Caterpillar Hunter

Calodrepa scrutator


Calodrepa wilxoci


Carabosoma angulatum


Camegonia marginalis


Camegonia parvicolis


Camegonia prominens


Camedula peregrinator


Chrysostigma calidum


Chrysostigma lepidum


Chrysostigma semileave


Callitorpa externum


Callitorpa macrum


Blaptosoma chihuahua


Carabomimus cicatricosum


Callisthenes latipennis


Callisthenes zimmermanni

Narrative

New World Caterpillar Hunters (Genus Calosoma and related genera) contain many large and colorful species. The genus Calosoma is now used as a catchall genus, as most of the species have been placed into various subgenera. Tatiana Gidaspow has published a Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 116, Article 3, in 1959 on the Calosoma of North America. Gidaspow has also published a Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 124, Article 7, in 1963 on this group in South America.

Taxonomy

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Kingdom Animalia Animal
Phylum Arthropoda Jointed Legged Animals
Class Insecta Insects
Order Coleoptera Beetles
Family Carabidae Beetles - Ground
SubFamily Calosoma - Nearctic And Neotropical Beetles - Caterpillar Hunters - New World

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Iphimedeiarichardus