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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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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Coleoptera
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Beetles
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Family
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Carabidae
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Beetles - Ground
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SubFamily
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Calosoma - Nearctic And Neotropical
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Beetles - Caterpillar Hunters - New World
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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