Calosoma galapageium

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Calosoma galapageium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. galapageium
Binomial name
Calosoma galapageium
Hope, 1838

Calosoma galapageium, the Galapagos caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. [1] It was described by Hope in 1838. [1] This species is found on the Galapagos Islands, where it inhabits open grassy meadows at the top of Isla Santiago.

Adults are brachypterous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calosoma galapageium Hope, 1838". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)