Calosoma splendidum
Calosoma splendidum 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.[2] It was also recorded from Guantánamo, Cuba, Floridian cities such as Chokoloskee, Deltona, and Key West. Besides the Caribbean and Florida, it was recorded from Clarke County, Georgia, Texas, and even the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The species is 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in) long and have shiny green coloured tops and black legs.[1]
| Calosoma splendidum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Species: | C. splendidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Calosoma splendidum Dejean, 1831 | |
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References
- Sandro Bruschi. "Calosoma (Calodrepa) splendidum Dejean, 1831". Calosoma of the World. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- Schaeffer, Chas. (1909). "Three Cuban Coleoptera New to the Fauna of the United States". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 17 (4): 148–150. ISSN 0028-7199.
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