Calosoma (Chrysostigma) tepidum LeConte, 1852
Calosoma tepidum LeConte, 1852: 199 (type locality: "Oregon"); syntype (Oregon, Washington county) in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma. (https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/)
Carabus irregulare Walker, 1866: 312 (type locality: British Columbia or Vancouver Island by the title of the work) syntype possibly in Natural History Museum, London (Roeschke 1900: 62)
Calosoma tepida caelator Casey, 1913: 61 (type locality: Idaho, Coeur d'Alene); holotype ♂ by monotypy in National Museum of Natural History, Washington (https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/)
Calosoma tepida indigens Casey, 1913: 61 (described from Oregon); syntype in National Museum of Natural History, Washington (https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/)
Calosoma pellax Casey, 1920: 160 (type locality: "probably Oregon"); holotype ♂ by monotypy in National Museum of Natural History, Washington (https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/)
Calosoma semicuprea Casey, 1920: 161 (type locality: "probably Rocky Mountains"); holotype ♂ by monotypy in National Museum of Natural History, Washington (https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/)
Calosoma cogitans Casey, 1920: 161 (described from Stockton, Utah); lectotype ♀ in National Museum of Natural History, Washington (https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/)
Calosoma (Chrysostigma) tepidum Breuning, 1928: 87
Callisthenes (Chrysostigma) tepidum Lapouge, 1931: 381
Callisthenes (Chrysostigma) tepidum irregulare Lapouge, 1931: 381
Callisthenes (Chrysostigma) tepidum cogitans Lapouge, 1931: 381
Chrysostigma tepidum Jeannel, 1940: 165
Calosoma (Chrysostigma) tepidum Gidaspow, 1963: 263
Callisthenes (Chrysostigma) tepidus Erwin, 2007: 82
Length 15-24 mm. It is characterized by a short, squat form, with posteriorly narrowed pronotum and elytra widened sharply in the back. The sculpture of elytra consists of irregular intervals, often confluent and dissolved in rough granules. The primary intervals are not distinct in shape or height, but are characterized by the presence of cupric foveae. The color of the upper body is uniformly blackish.
C. tepidum spreads from British Colombia to California. It is certainly present, though infrequently seen, in all the western states along the slopes of the Rocky Mountains to which Bousquet (2012: 244) adds Arizona and Nebraska.
Examined specimens and literature’s data
Canada.. Alberta : Medicine Hat (OSUC www.gbif.org); British Colombia: Cilcotin (SB), Salmon Arm (AMNH), Is Vancouver (MCZR, UASM), Whitty's Lagoon, Haines Point, Invermere, Osoyoos, Oliver, Princeton (UASM), Victoria (EM), Cranbrook, Creston, Kamloops, Golden (Lindroth, 1961: 52), Okanagan-Similkameen, Vernon, Enderby, Columbia Shuswap, West Kelowna (www.inaturalist.org/)
United States.: Arizona (Bousquet, 2012: 244); California: Del Norte co., Sacramento (Horn, 1870: 69), Raymond (OSUC www.gbif.org); Colorado (Breuning, 1928a: 89): Eagle County, Gunnison County, Garfield County (www.inaturalist.org); Idaho: Coeur d'Alene (La Rivers, 1946: 136), Nez Perce co. (www.gbif.org), Valley County (www.inaturalist.org); Montana: Missoula County, Flathead county (www.inaturalist.org); Nebraska (Bousquet, 2012: 244); Nevada: Washoe co. (La Rivers, 1946: 136); Oregon: (NMP), Oregon City (Breuning, 1928a: 89), Carpenter Mountain, Linn County (www.inaturalist.org); Utah: Salt Lake, 1400m (MNHN), Ogden (La Rivers, 1946: 136), Stockton, Cisco (Breuning, 1928a: 89), Bingham, Wayne co. (www.gbif.org), Wasatch County (www.inaturalist.org); Washington: (NMP), Chelan co., Yakima co. (www.gbif.org), Kittitas County, Okanogan County (www.inaturalist.org); Wyoming: Jenny Lake, Shoshone National Forest (www.inaturalist.org).
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Notes:Winged, but with underdeveloped wings probably unfit for flight. It is found from sea level up to about 1500m. above sea level, in arid grasslands and in cultivated fields, it hunts on the ground and, like all other species of the genus, feeds on caterpillars and grasshoppers. The adults are active from the end of May to the end of July, according to the material examined.
 LeConte, 1852 Canada: British Colombia, Cilcotin 15.V.1929, G.J. Spencer leg. |
 LeConte, 1852 Canada: British Colombia, Salmon Arm, VIII.1932 H Leech leg. (coll. American Museum of Natural History, New York) |