Calosoma (Callitropa), Motschulsky, 1866

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 177

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Calosoma (Callitropa)
status

 

Subgenus Callitropa Motschulsky, 1866

Callitropa Motschulsky, 1866: 300. Type species: Carabus externus Say, 1823 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek prefix callo - (beautiful) and tropos (manner) [feminine].

Paratropa Lapouge, 1929b: 3. Type species: Calosoma macrum LeConte, 1853 designated by Jeannel (1940: 209). Synonymy established by Jeannel (1940: 209).

Diversity.

Three North American species, two of them extending into Mexico.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Calosoma

Loc

Calosoma (Callitropa)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Calosoma macrum

LeConte 1853
1853