CARABINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 8

SUBFAMILY CARABINAE

TRIBE CARABINI

Calosoma (Castridia) alternans (Fabricius) 1792: 146 ( Carabus ); Gidaspow 1963: 298; seemingly overlooked in Erwin and Sims 1984: 423; Bennett and Alam 1985: 20. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Croix, St. Barthélemy. Mexico to Colombia and Trinidad, northern Brazil (nominate subspecies) and S. a. granulatus Perty throughout most of Brazil, to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Greater Antilles records are in error ( Gidaspow 1963: 300). Note. Adults and larvae of these large beetles are predators on lepidopteran larvae. Adults often appear in numbers at the start of the rainy season.