SUBFAMILYCARABINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 35

SUBFAMILYCARABINAE

TRIBECARABINI

Calosoma (Castridia) alternans (Fabricius) 1792: 146 ( Carabus ); Gidaspow 1963: 298; not in Erwin and Sims 1984: 423; Bennettand Alam 1985: 20. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada *, Martinique, Mayreau*, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix. Mexico to Colombia and Trinidad, northern Brazil (nominate subspecies) and Calosoma alternans granulatus Perty throughout most of Brazil, to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Greater Antilles records are in error (Gidaspow 1963: 300). Note. Adults and larvae of these large beetles are predators, especially on Lepidoptera larvae. Adults often appear in numbers (especially at lights) at the start of the rainy season.