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Calosoma beesoni

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Calosoma beesoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Calosoma
Species:
C. beesoni
Binomial name
Calosoma beesoni
Andrewes, 1919
Synonyms
  • Calosoma (Calosoma) himalayanum Lorenz 2005

Calosoma beesoni is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is found in north-eastern India and Pakistan.[1]

Adults reach a length of 24–25 mm and have a black body with a bronze or sometimes bluish lustre. The species preys on Ectropis deodarae.

Etymology

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This species is named for English entomologist Cyril Frederick Cherrington Beeson.[2]

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