Calosoma galapageium

Calosoma galapageium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. ^ a b "Calosoma galapageium Hope, 1838". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)


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