Splendid Caterpillar Hunter

Calosoma splendidum

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae

Calosoma splendidum, the splendid caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. It was described by the famous French entomologist Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1831, and is found in the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It was also recorded from Guantánamo, Cuba, Floridian cities such as Chokoloskee, Deltona, and Key West.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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