Calosoma

Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetles that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as Caterpillar hunters or Searchers. Many of the ~50 species are largely or entirely black, but some have bright metallic coloration. They produce a foul-smelling spray from glands near the tip of the abdomen.

In 1905, Calosoma sycophanta was imported to New England for control of the Gypsy Moth. The species is a voracious consumer of caterpillars during both its larval stage and as an adult, as are other species in the genus. For this reason, they are generally considered beneficial insects.

List of species

Calosoma affine
Calosoma alternans
Calosoma angulatum
Calosoma argentinense
Calosoma aurocinctum
Calosoma auropunctatum
Calosoma breviusculum
Calosoma calidus
Calosoma cancellatum
Calosoma chinense
Calosoma chlorostictum
Calosoma davidis
Calosoma declive
Calosoma denticolle
Calosoma dietzi
Calosoma discors
Calosoma elegans
Calosoma ewersmanni
Calosoma externum
Calosoma frigidum
Calosoma galapageium
Calosoma glabratum
Calosoma granulatum
Calosoma haydeni
Calosoma helenae
Calosoma himalayanum
Calosoma imbricatum
Calosoma inquisitor
Calosoma investigator
Calosoma karagaicum
Calosoma karelini
Calosoma kuschakewitschi
Calosoma latipenne
Calosoma lecontei
Calosoma lepidum
Calosoma lugens
Calosoma luxatum
Calosoma macrum
Calosoma maderae
Calosoma marginale
Calosoma marginatum
Calosoma maximoviczi
Calosoma moniliatum
Calosoma morrisoni
Calosoma obsoletum
Calosoma oceanicum
Calosoma olivieri
Calosoma palmeri
Calosoma parvicollis
Calosoma peregrinator
Calosoma placerus
Calosoma prominens
Calosoma protractum
Calosoma pseudocarabus
Calosoma regelianum
Calosoma relictum
Calosoma reticulatum
Calosoma retusum
Calosoma rufipenne
Calosoma rugosum
Calosoma sayi
Calosoma schayeri
Calosoma scrutator
Calosoma semilaeve
Calosoma senegalense
Calosoma simplex
Calosoma splendidum
Calosoma sponsa
Calosoma subsstriatum
Calosoma sycophanta
Calosoma tepidum
Calosoma trapezipenne
Calosoma usgentense
Calosoma vagans
Calosoma wilkesi
Calosoma willcoxi

Translation

The word "Calosoma" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian.

Translation(s) in other languages: German: Puppenräuber, Lithuanian: Puikiažygiai, Norwegian (Bokmål): Larverøvere, Polish: Tęcznik, Swedish: Larvmördare.