Calosoma palmeri

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Calosoma palmeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. palmeri
Binomial name
Calosoma palmeri
Horn, 1876
Synonyms
  • Callitropa palmeriG. Horn, 1876

Calosoma palmeri, Palmer's caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. [1] It was described by George Henry Horn in 1876. [1] This species is found on Guadalupe Island, where it inhabits rocky pine-oak savannah and desert scrub.

Adults are brachypterous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calosoma palmeri G.Horn, 1876". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)