Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calosoma linelli
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Predator on ground dwelling invertebrates; humid forest, evergreen shrub and pampa zones; January-May; collected on trails at night in humid open pampas, pitfall traps, FIT, sweeping; with reduced wings.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae
Section
Carabini
Genus
Calosoma
Species
linelli
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calosoma galapageium Linell, 1898 (not Hope), Castrida linelli Mutchler, 1925, fide Desender & De Dijn (1989)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1991) Evolutionary systematics of Calosoma Weber carabid beetles of the Galápagos archipelago (Coleoptera, Carabidae). In: Zunino, M., Belles, X. & Blas, M. (eds.): Advances in Coleopterology. p. 193-200.
- Desender, K. Baert L. & Maelfait J.-P. (1988) Distribution and flight activity of carabid beetles genus Tachys in the Galapagos archipelago. Noticias de Galápagos 46: 20-25.
- Desender, K. Dijn, B.D. (1990) The Calosoma species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the Galápagos archipelago. II. Discriminant analyses and species identification key. Entomologie 60: 55-68.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.P. (1988) Carabid Beetles of Galápagos. Unpublished Manuscript.
- Desender, K. De Dijn, B. (1989) The Calosoma species of the Galápagos archipelago. I. Redescriptions and distribution of the species. Entomologie 59: 131-144.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1989) Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabid beetles of Galápagos (Ecuador). Entomologie 58: 55-65.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1990) Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Galápagos (Ecuador) collected during the Belgian 1988-expedition. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Entomologie 60: 49-54.
- Gidaspow, T. (1963) The Genus Calosoma in Central America, the Antilles, and South America (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 124(7): 275-314.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
- Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calosoma linelli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5645. Accessed 4 June 2026.