Calosoma cancellatum

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Calosoma cancellatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. cancellatum
Binomial name
Calosoma cancellatum
Synonyms
  • Callisthenes cancellatus
  • Calosoma aenescensLeConte, 1854
  • Calosoma esuriensCasey, 1913
  • Calosoma praestansCasey, 1920
  • Calosoma rectilaterumCasey, 1920
  • Calosoma sagaxCasey, 1920
  • Calosoma transversumCasey, 1913

Calosoma cancellatum, the latticed beautiful black searcher, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. [1] It was described by Eschscholtz in 1833. [1] This species is found in British Columbia, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Its habitat consists of open dry ground, and may also be found in cultivated fields.

Adults are diurnal and they prey on lepidopterous caterpillars, but also on elaterids, flies and orthopterans. Larvae have been recorded feeding on the larvae of Peridroma saucia . [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calosoma cancellatum Eschscholtz, 1833". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ↑ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)


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