Calosoma (Callitropa), Motschulsky, 1866

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 177

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scientific name	Calosoma (Callitropa)
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Subgenus Callitropa Motschulsky, 1866

Callitropa Motschulsky, 1866: 300. Type species: Carabus externus Say, 1823 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek prefix callo - (beautiful) and tropos (manner) [feminine].

Paratropa Lapouge, 1929b: 3. Type species: Calosoma macrum LeConte, 1853 designated by Jeannel (1940: 209). Synonymy established by Jeannel (1940: 209).

Diversity.

Three North American species, two of them extending into Mexico.