Family Carabidae Rank Species | Order Coleoptera | |
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Calosoma bridgesi is a brachypterous species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. The species is 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in), is reddish-black coloured, and is endemic to the Andes mountains of Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile where it is found on elevation of 3,500 metres (11,500 ft). It flies in January and February.
History
It was originally described by Chaudoir in 1869. In 1927 Stephan von Breuning placed C. bridgesi into Neocalosoma subgenus which was later accepted by Jeannel but only as subgenus for Castrida. In 1963, Boris Gidaspov moved the subgenus of C. bridgesi to Callitropa genus with Blaptosoma subgenus. Following that move Jeannel placed the species into Castrida genus and by 1968 it was placed into Microcalosoma subgenus by Basilewsky.