Species Details
Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityAdults have been collected in June and July.
IdentificationThis species, in the subgenus Chrysostigma, is black, or dark piceous, sometimes with faint bronzy lustre, elytral foveae brilliantly golden coppery or green. Prothorax broad, with evenly curved, widely reflexed sides, and strongly rounded hind angles. Elytra with margin serrate behind the shoulder, striae deep, intervals with strongly engraved transverse lines, dorsal foveae large, rounded, somewhat varying in size, but at least in part broader than the corresponding interval. Length 19 to 25 mm.
Scientific Name
Calosoma calidum
Habitat
This species is pronouncedly terricolous and inhabits open, rather dry fields with low vegetation.
Seasonality
Adults have been collected in June and July.
Identification
This species, in the subgenus Chrysostigma, is black, or dark piceous, sometimes with faint bronzy lustre, elytral foveae brilliantly golden coppery or green. Prothorax broad, with evenly curved, widely reflexed…
This species, in the subgenus Chrysostigma, is black, or dark piceous, sometimes with faint bronzy lustre, elytral foveae brilliantly golden coppery or green. Prothorax broad, with evenly curved, widely reflexed sides, and strongly rounded hind angles. Elytra with margin serrate behind the shoulder, striae deep, intervals with strongly engraved transverse lines, dorsal foveae large, rounded, somewhat varying in size, but at least in part broader than the corresponding interval. Length 19 to 25 mm.
Life History
The beetles are active until the beginning of August and then overwinter.
Conservation
Common.
Diet Info
Both larvae and adults are voracious predators on Bombycimorph caterpillars.
Range
This species is wide ranging in both United States and Canada. In Alberta this species is found only in a few central localities.
Citation
Page Citation for Calosoma calidum
Page Citation
"Species Details - Calosoma calidum, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1398. Accessed 01 May. 2024.
References
Author
Bousquet, Yves and Andre Larochelle
Title
Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae Including Cicindelini) of America North of Mexico
Publication Date
1993
Series Title
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada
Pages
1-397
Author
Lindroth, Carl H.
Title
The Ground-beetles of Canada and Alaska. Part 2.
Publication Date
1961
Series Title
Opuscula Entomologica
Volume
20
Pages
1-200
Specimen Information
There are 60 specimens of this Species.
UASM53380 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Slave Lake
Collected ByPhillips, I. D.
Date Collected2003-06-07/2003-08-19
UASM96498 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mundare
Date Collected1922-06-10
UASM96499 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Leduc
Date Collected1914-05-28
UASM96500 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Castor
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1920-09-17
UASM96501 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Robinson
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1926-05-17
UASM96503 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Quebec, Saint-Hilaire
Date Collected1918-05-24
UASM96505 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waghorn
UASM96506 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills
Date Collected1922-06-04
UASM96507 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills
Date Collected1924-06-03
UASM96508 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Hat
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1928-05-18
UASM96509 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Hat
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1927-06-03
UASM96510 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Hat
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1929-06-18
UASM96511 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1920-06-03
UASM96512 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1920-06-11
UASM96513 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1920-05-22
UASM152750 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: North Dakota, Hettinger county
Collected BySchultz, L. A.; Smith, J. W.
Date Collected1977-06-21
UASM152751 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: North Dakota, Hettinger county
Collected BySchultz, L. A.; Smith, J. W.
Date Collected1977-06-21
UASM152752 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: North Dakota, Hettinger county
Collected ByLago; Kurtz
Date Collected1976-08-26
UASM152753 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: North Dakota, Hettinger county
Collected ByLago; Kurtz
Date Collected1976-07-28
UASM152754 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: North Dakota, Hettinger county
Collected ByLago; Kurtz
Date Collected1976-09-07
UASM152755 - Calosoma calidum
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: New York, Tompkins county, Ithaca
Collected ByMason, W.
Date Collected1947-06-07