CARABINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten, Insecta Mundi 2011 (159), pp. 1-54 : 12

SUBFAMILY CARABINAE

TRIBE CARABINI

Calosoma (Castridia) alternans (Fabricius) 1792: 146 ( Carabus ); Gidaspow 1963: 298; overlooked in Erwin and Sims 1984: 423; Bennett and Alam 1985: 20. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Croix, St. Barthélemy. Mexico to Colombia and Trinidad, northern Brazil (nominate subspecies) and S. a. granulatus Perty throughout most of Brazil, to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Greater Antilles records are in error ( Gidaspow 1963: 300). Note. Adults and larvae of these large beetles are predators on lepidoptera larvae. Adults often appear in numbers at the start of the rainy season.