Calosoma atrovirens

Calosoma atrovirens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. atrovirens
Binomial name
Calosoma atrovirens
Chaudoir, 1869
Synonyms
  • Calosoma explanaticolle Bates, 1891
  • Calosoma obscurum Géhin, 1885

Calosoma atrovirens is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.[1] It was described by Maximilien Chaudoir in 1869.[1] This species is found in Mexico, where it inhabits oak forests, tropical deciduous forests and wet pastures.

Adults are brachypterous.[2]

Subspecies

  • Calosoma atrovirens atrovirens - (Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas) blackish-green caterpillar hunter
  • Calosoma atrovirens explanaticolle Bates, 1891 (Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Zacatecas) - broad-necked caterpillar hunter

References

  1. ^ a b "Calosoma atrovirens Chaudoir, 1869". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)


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