Calosoma blaptoides

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Calosoma blaptoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. blaptoides
Binomial name
Calosoma blaptoides
Putzeys, 1845
Synonyms
  • Eutelodontus aztecusGéhin, 1881
  • Calopachys oaxacaensisLassalle, 2009
  • Eutelodontus tehuacanusLapouge, 1924

Calosoma blaptoides, the hurtful beautiful thickish searcher, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. [1] It was described by Jules Putzeys in 1845. [1] This species is found in Mexico (Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz), where it inhabits oak-pine forests and meadows.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calosoma blaptoides Putzeys, 1845". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)