Calosoma (Camedula) glabratum Dejean, 1831
Calosoma glabratum Dejean, 1831: 565 (type: Colombia; coll. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)
Calosoma bolivianum Géhin, 1885: 65 (type: Bolivia; coll. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)
Calosoma (Carabosoma) glabratum Breuning, 1927: 103
Calosoma (Carabosoma) glabratum var. bolivianum Breuning, 1927: 103
Callitropa (Acamegonia) glabrata Lapouge, 1932: 388
Callitropa (Acamegonia) glabrata boliviana Lapouge, 1932: 388
Camedula (Camedula) glabratum Jeannel, 1940: 204
Calosoma (Camedula) glabratum Gidaspow, 1963: 280
Calosoma (Carabomimus) bolivianum Erwin, 2007: 89
Calosoma (Carabosoma) glabratum Erwin, 2007: 94
Length 20-25 mm. C. glabratum, as happen with C. peregrinator and C. sponsa, is characterized by the presence of setae on the metatrochanters. Moreover, it is easy to differentiate because it is a relatively small species with smooth and shiny elytra, with slight striae, and with rather transverse pronotum.
It is found in Panama, Colombia and Bolivia. To them Jeannel (1940: 204) added Peru, followed by subsequent authors, but without further specification. Finally, some remains of glabratum have been found in a deposit of oil bearing sand in Trinidad, at Fyzabad (Blair, 1927: 137) but no recent findings have been reported from the island or from the Venezuelan mainland.
Material examined:
Bolivia: (type Calosoma bolivianum, MNHN)
Colombia: (type Calosoma glabratum, MNHN); dep. Antiquia (SB); dep. Cundinamarca: Bogotá (NMP, SB), Pandi (Breuning, 1928a: 105)
Panama: distr. Barù: Chiriqui (EM, SB)
Notes: Winged. It lives on grassland and cultivated field from midlands at 700m. up to an altitude of 2600m. Adults have been found in May (Erwin, 2007: 94).
![]() Dejean, 1831 Colombia: Antiquia, (coll. Le Moult) |
![]() Dejean, 1831 Panama: Chirique |
![]() Dejean, 1831 Colombie (lectotype) (coll. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) |
![]() Dejean, 1831 Bolivia (holotype of Calosoma bolivianum Géhin, 1885) (coll. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) |