Calosoma splendidum

Calosoma splendidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Calosoma
Species:	C. splendidum
Binomial name
	Calosoma splendidum; Dejean, 1831
Synonyms
	Calosoma splendidum Breuning, 1927; Calosoma splendida Lapouge, 1932; Calodrepa splendidum Jeannel, 1940; Calosoma splendidum Gidaspow, 1959; Calosoma splendidum Erwin, 2007;

Calosoma splendidum is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. It was described by the famous French entomologist Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1831, and is found in the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.^[2] It was also recorded from Guantánamo, Cuba, Floridian cities such as Chokoloskee, Deltona, and Key West. Besides the Caribbean and Florida, it was recorded from Clarke County, Georgia, Texas, and even the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The species is 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in) long and have shiny green coloured tops and black legs.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sandro Bruschi. "Calosoma (Calodrepa) splendidum Dejean, 1831". Calosoma of the World. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
^ Schaeffer, Chas. (1909). "Three Cuban Coleoptera New to the Fauna of the United States". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 17 (4): 148–150. ISSN 0028-7199.

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