SUBFAMILYCARABINAE, Latreille, 1802
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5182961 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:37602764-FD97-40E0-B003-557279B97FCE |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/314E4151-C229-FFF9-89CE-FF7FFEB5CD07 |
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Felipe |
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SUBFAMILYCARABINAE |
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SUBFAMILYCARABINAE View in CoL
Calosoma (Castridia) alternans (Fabricius) 1792: 146 ( Carabus ); Gidaspow 1963: 298; not in Erwin and Sims 1984: 423; Bennettand Alam 1985: 20. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada *, Martinique, Mayreau*, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix. Mexico to Colombia and Trinidad, northern Brazil (nominate subspecies) and Calosoma alternans granulatus Perty throughout most of Brazil, to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Greater Antilles records are in error (Gidaspow 1963: 300). Note. Adults and larvae of these large beetles are predators, especially on Lepidoptera larvae. Adults often appear in numbers (especially at lights) at the start of the rainy season.
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