Calosoma wilkesii (LeConte, 1852)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 186

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Calosoma wilkesii (LeConte, 1852)
status

Treatment

Callisthenes wilkesii LeConte, 1852a: 200. Type locality: «Oregon» (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 635]. Etymology. The specific name honors Charles Wilkes [1798-1877], American naval officer and explorer who commanded the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), commonly known as the Wilkes Expedition. The expedition included naturalists who brought back entomological specimens.

Distribution.

This species is found west of the Rocky Mountains from south-central British Columbia south to “California” (Lindroth 1961a: 54).

Records.

CAN: BC USA: CA, ID, OR, WA

Copyright notice

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Calosoma