Calosoma senegalense

Calosoma senegalense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. senegalense
Binomial name
Calosoma senegalense
Dejean, 1831
Synonyms
  • Calosoma mosambicense Klug, 1853

Calosoma senegalense is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.[1] It was described by Dejean in 1831. This species is found in Cape Verde, Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Madagascar.[1]

Adults reach a length of 25-30 mm and have a dark bronze colour. Adults are diurnal and nocturnal.

They prey on other insects, and was introduced to Hawaii as a possible predator of Spodoptera mauritia, but acclimatization was unsuccessful.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Calosoma senegalense Dejean, 1831". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ Calosoma of the world


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