Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetle

Ground beetle

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...

s that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as caterpillar hunters or searchers. Many of the 167 species are largely or entirely black, but some have bright metallic coloration. They produce a foul-smelling spray from gland

Gland

A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release of substances such as hormones or breast milk, often into the bloodstream or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface .- Types :...

s near the tip of the abdomen.

In 1905, Calosoma sycophanta

Calosoma sycophanta

The Calosoma sycophanta or forest caterpillar hunter is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe. In 1905 it was imported to New England for control of the gypsy moth...

was imported to New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 for control of the Gypsy Moth

Gypsy moth

The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, is a moth in the family Lymantriidae of Eurasian origin. Originally ranging from Europe to Asia, it was introduced to North America in the late 1860s and has been expanding its range ever since...

. 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

Beneficial insects

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.

List of species

• Calosoma abbreviatum Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma abyssinicum Gestro, 1880
• Calosoma aethiopicum Breuning, 1928
• Calosoma aethiops Jeannel, 1940
• Calosoma affine Chaudoir, 1843
• Calosoma akkolicus Obydov Et Gottwald, 2002
• Calosoma algiricum Gehin, 1885
• Calosoma alinderi (Breuning, 1928)
• Calosoma alternans Fabricius, 1792
• Calosoma altipeta Jeannel, 1940
• Calosoma ampliator Bates, 1891
• Calosoma angulatum Chevrolat, 1834
• Calosoma anthracinum Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma anthrax Semenov, 1900
• Calosoma antinorii Gestro, 1878
• Calosoma argentinensis Csiki, 1927
• Calosoma arrowi Breuning, 1928
• Calosoma arrowianum Breuning, 1934
• Calosoma asper Jeannel, 1940
• Calosoma atrovirens Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma aurocinctum Chaudoir, 1850
• Calosoma auropunctatum
  Calosoma auropunctatum
  Calosoma auropunctatum, is a species of ground beetle. This species was previously classified as Calosome maderae ssp. auropunctatum. This species is found from Europe eastward to Anatolia, Central Asia and western China and Mongolia.-References:*...
  
  Herbst, 1784
• Calosoma bastardi Alluaud, 1925
• Calosoma blaptoides Putzeys, 1845
• Calosoma brachycerum Gersteacke
• Calosoma breviusculus Mannerheim, 1830
• Calosoma bridgesi Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma bulleri Beheim And Breuning, 1943
• Calosoma burtoni Alluaud, 1913
• Calosoma calidum Fabricius, 1775
• Calosoma cancellatum Eschscholtz, 1833
• Calosoma catenatus Roeschke, 1899
• Calosoma chihuahua Gidaspow, 1959
• Calosoma chinense Kirby, 1819
• Calosoma chlorostictum Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma cicatricosum Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma concreta Casey, 1920
• Calosoma costipenne Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma cyaneoventre Mandl, 1955
• Calosoma cyanescens Motschulsky, 1859
• Calosoma davidis Gehin, 1885
• Calosoma dawsoni Dajoz, 1997
• Calosoma deckeni Gersteacker
• Calosoma declivis Dohrn, 1884
• Calosoma denticolle Gebler, 1833
• Calosoma depressicolle Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma dietzi Schaeffer, 1904
• Calosoma digueti Lapouge, 1924
• Calosoma diminutum Bates, 1891
• Calosoma discors Le Conte, 1857
• Calosoma elegans
  Calosoma elegans
  Calosoma elegans is a ground beetle species in the genus Calosoma found in Kazakhstan.-External links:*...
  
  Kirsch, 1859
• Calosoma elgonense Burgeon, 1928
• Calosoma eremicola Fall, 1910
• Calosoma eversmanni Chaudoir, 1850
• Calosoma externum Say, 1823
• Calosoma fischeri Fischer, 1842
• Calosoma frigidum Kirby, 1837
• Calosoma fulgens Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma galapageium Hope, 1838
• Calosoma gebieni Breuning, 1928
• Calosoma gestroi Breuning, 1928
• Calosoma glabratum Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma glaciale Kolbe, 1905
• Calosoma glasunovi Semenov, 1900
• Calosoma granatense Gehin, 1885
• Calosoma grandidieri Maindron, 1900
• Calosoma granulatum Perty, 1830
• Calosoma grumi Semenov, 1900
• Calosoma guineense Imhoff, 1843
• Calosoma harrarensis Jacobson, 1900
• Calosoma haydeni Horn, 1870
• Calosoma himalayanum Gestro, 1875
• Calosoma imbricatum Klug, 1832
• Calosoma inquisitor
  Calosoma inquisitor
  Calosoma inquisitor is a species of ground beetle. The species is found in northern Africa, Europe and in Asia.-References:...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758
• Calosoma investigator
  Calosoma investigator
  Calosoma investigator is a species of ground beetle belonging to the genus Calosoma and the subgenus Charmosta. The species is diffused in North-Eastern Europe and Siberia.-External links:*...
  
  Illiger, 1798
• Calosoma iranicum Mandl, 1953
• Calosoma jakli Haeckel, Farkac & Sehnal, 2005
• Calosoma janssensi Basilewsky, 1953
• Calosoma karelini Fischer-Waldheim, 1846
• Calosoma kenyense Breuning, 1928
• Calosoma klapperichi Mandl, 1955
• Calosoma kuschakewitschi Ballion, 1870
• Calosoma laeve Dejean, 1826
• Calosoma laevigatum Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma lariversi Van Dyke, 1943
• Calosoma latipennis Horn, 1870
• Calosoma leleupi Basilewsky, 1962
• Calosoma leleuporum (Basilewsky, 1968)
• Calosoma lepidum Le Conte, 1844
• Calosoma linelli Mutchler, 1925
• Calosoma lugens Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma luxatus Say, 1823
• Calosoma macrum Leconte, 1853
• Calosoma maderae Fabricius, 1775
• Calosoma marginalis Casey, 1897
• Calosoma marginatus Gebler, 1829
• Calosoma masaicus Alluaud, 1912
• Calosoma maximowiczi A. Morawitz, 1863
• Calosoma mirificus Casale, 1979
• Calosoma moniliatus Le Conte, 1851
• Calosoma monticola Casey, 1913
• Calosoma morrisoni Horn, 1885
• Calosoma neumanni Kolbe, 1895
• Calosoma nyassicus Basilewsky, 1984
• Calosoma oberthuri Vuillet, 1910
• Calosoma obsoletum Say, 1823
• Calosoma oceanicum Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864
• Calosoma olivieri Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma omiltemium Bates, 1891
• Calosoma oregonus Gidaspow, 1959
• Calosoma orientale Hope, 1838
• Calosoma orizabae Jeannel, 1940
• Calosoma palmeri Horn, 1876
• Calosoma panderi Fischer, 1822
• Calosoma parvicollis Fall, 1910
• Calosoma pavlovskii Kryzhanovskij, 1955
• Calosoma peksi Heinz & Pavesi, 1995
• Calosoma pentheri Apfelbeck, 1918
• Calosoma peregrinator Guerin-Meneville, 1844
• Calosoma persianum Morvan, 1974
• Calosoma peruviense Mandl, 1971
• Calosoma placerus Gidaspow, 1959
• Calosoma planicolle Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma politum Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma porosifrons Bates, 1891
• Calosoma prominens Leconte, 1853
• Calosoma protractum Leconte, 1862
• Calosoma pseudocarabus Semenov & Redikorzev, 1928
• Calosoma pumicatus Lapouge, 1907
• Calosoma raffrayi Fairmaire, 1883
• Calosoma regelianus A. Morawitz, 1886
• Calosoma reitteri Roeschke, 1897
• Calosoma relictum Apfelbeck, 1918
• Calosoma reticulatum
  Calosoma reticulatum
  Calosoma reticulatum, is a species of ground beetle native to northern Europe and Central Europe.-References:...
  
  Fabricius, 1787
• Calosoma retusum Fabricius, 1775
• Calosoma rufipenne Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma rugulosum Breuning, 1943
• Calosoma sayi Dejean, 1826
• Calosoma scabrosum Chaudoir, 1834
• Calosoma schaefferi Breuning, 1928
• Calosoma schayeri
  Calosoma schayeri
  The green carab beetle or saffron beetle is a species of Carabidae that occurs in Australia. Like most Carabidae the larvae is predaceous. It is quite active at night when it is found hunting for slow-moving prey such as caterpillars. If handled it gives off an unpleasant scent....
  
  Erichson, 1842
• Calosoma scrutator
  Calosoma scrutator
  Calosoma scrutator is a species of ground beetle belonging to the genus Calosoma and the subgenus Acalosoma. 35 mm long, it is diffused in North America.-External links:** on the University of Arkansas website...
  
  Fabricius, 1775
• Calosoma semilaeve Leconte, 1851
• Calosoma senegalense Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma simplex Leconte, 1878
• Calosoma splendidum Dejean, 1831
• Calosoma sponsum Casey, 1897
• Calosoma strandi Breuning, 1934
• Calosoma striatipenne Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma striatius Hatch, 1953
• Calosoma striatulum Chevrolat, 1835
• Calosoma subaeneus Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma subasperatus Schaeffer, 1915
• Calosoma substriatus Motschulsky, 1859
• Calosoma subtilestriatus Mandl, 1954
• Calosoma sycophanta
  Calosoma sycophanta
  The Calosoma sycophanta or forest caterpillar hunter is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe. In 1905 it was imported to New England for control of the gypsy moth...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758
• Calosoma tanganyikae (Jeannel, 1940)
• Calosoma tepidum Leconte, 1851
• Calosoma trapezipenne Chaudoir, 1869
• Calosoma usgentensis Solskyi, 1874
• Calosoma vagans Dejean
• Calosoma vermiculatum Straneo, 1942
• Calosoma viridissimum Haury, 1880
• Calosoma viridisulcatum Chaudoir, 1863
• Calosoma volkensi Kolbe, 1895
• Calosoma wilcoxi Le Conte, 1848
• Calosoma wilkesi Le Conte, 1851

External links

• Ground Beetles, Susan Mahr,University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Forest Caterpillar Hunter, BioLib.cz.