Premontane-forest

Guides

• Calosoma angulatum

  angulate caterpillar hunter

  Calosoma angulatum, commonly known as the angulate caterpillar hunter, is a large ground beetle in the family Carabidae. First described by Chevrolat in 1834, this species ranges from the southwestern United States through Central America into northern South America. It inhabits premontane moist forests and oak-savannah ecosystems. Adults are known to prey on Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm), indicating a role as a predator of agricultural pest caterpillars.

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• Lispinus

  Lispinus is a genus of rove beetles (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) established by Erichson in 1839. Species occur primarily in the Neotropics, with documented diversity in premontane forests of the eastern Peruvian Andes. The genus comprises at least 21 species in Peru alone, distributed across six zoogeographic patterns ranging from endemic to Pan-Neotropical.

  StaphylinidaeOsoriinaerove-beetlesNeotropicalPeruAndespremontane-forest