Calosoma chihuahua

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Calosoma chihuahua
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. chihuahua
Binomial name
Calosoma chihuahua
Gidaspow, 1959

Calosoma chihuahua, the Chihuahua caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. [1] It was described by Gidaspow in 1959. [1] This species is found in Mexico (Chihuahua), where it inhabits meadows and lake margins in pine-oak woodlands.

Adults are brachypterous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calosoma chihuahua Gidaspow, 1959". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)