Calosoma tepidum

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Calosoma tepidum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:C. tepidum
Binomial name
Calosoma tepidum
LeConte, 1851

Calosoma tepidum is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. [1] It was described by LeConte in 1851. [1]

Ground beetle Family of beetles

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. It is one of the ten most speciose animal families, as of 2015.

Carabinae subfamily of insects

Carabinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Calosoma Weber, 1801". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.