Definition of Genus calosoma

1. Noun. Genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars.

Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Carabidae, Family Carabidae
Member holonyms: Calosoma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calosoma

genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum
genus Calymmatobacterium
genus Calypso
genus Calystegia
genus Cambarus
genus Camelina
genus Camellia
genus Camelus
genus Campanula
genus Campephilus

Literary usage of Genus calosoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"... resembling it) which I possess from Egypt; but such, nevertheless, docs not appear to be the case. Genus CALOSOMA. Weber, Observat. Entom. 20 (1801). 5. ..."

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 are splendidly ornamented with metallic tints. A great number of the Carabidae ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"characters ; and yet the entomologist is seldom puzzled in separating them, even without close examination. To the genus Calosoma belongs our largest and ..."

4. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The genus Calosoma approaches Carabus in many of its characteristics, but may be easily distinguished by its shorter, broader, and more rounded prothorax, ..."

5. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"... and their being always trans\cr-«K striated, as a good distinction. To the genus Calosoma belongs our largest and mo,t beautiful British ..."

6. Report of the Commissioners [and Appendices A to S] by Ontario Agricultural Commission (1880), Samuel Casey Wood (1881)
"Then there is the genus Calosoma, of which there are two or three species, one of them (See Fig.) being a large beautiful green beetle called the ..."

7. The Zoological Miscellany: Being Descriptions of New Or Interesting Animals by William Elford Leach, Richard P. Nodder (1815)
"We have two indigenous species of this genus, Calosoma, Sycophanta, and Inquisitor. All the species have a metallic lustre ; whence their name, signifying a ..."

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