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Definition of Calosoma
1. Noun. Any beetle of the genus Calosoma.
Group relationships: Genus Calosoma
Specialized synonyms: Calosoma Scrutator, Searcher, Searcher Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calosoma
Literary usage of Calosoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"TV WOLLASTON, Teignmouth : September 10th, 1872. calosoma ... A fine specimen of
calosoma sycophanta was taken by a friend of mine, Dr. Harper, last week. ..."
2. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1857)
"The genus calosoma to which it belongs contains many large species and'most ...
calosoma CALIDUM, copper spot carab; black, all the joints of the antennae ..."
3. The Naturalist's Library by William Jardine, James Duncan (1852)
"The only kinds known as British are C. inquisitor and that which we have figured :
the latter is calosoma SYCOPHANTA. PLATE III. Fie. 1. ..."
4. Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1836)
"... or skeleton, of one of the beetle tribe, the calosoma syco- phanta," may be
separated. The entire insect, which presents the most perfect specimen of a ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1891)
"... Cicindela campestris and Lucanus cervus were very abundant; and a specimen of
calosoma sycophanta was captured.— WILLIAM J. OGDEN ; 93, Clapton Common, ..."
6. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"... of ascertaining their full extent without removing the greater portion of the
bank.— W. Barnard Clarke, MD -Edinburgh, Jan. 20, 1840. calosoma ..."
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