Biology:Calosoma fulgens
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Calosoma fulgens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Species: | C. fulgens
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| Binomial name | |
| Calosoma fulgens Chaudoir, 1869
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Calosoma fulgens, the shining caterpillar hunter, 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 Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where it inhabits grasslands, prairies and savannas.
Adults have been recorded preying on an unidentified armyworm species.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5023739 entry
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