Calosoma kimi Lee and Nam 2021 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: S. B. Lee and G. S. Nam. 2021. A new species of fossil Calosoma (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Geumgwangdong Formation (Early Miocene), South Korea. Zootaxa 5072:1-11

Belongs to Calosoma according to S. B. Lee and G. S. Nam 2021

Sister taxa: Calosoma (Campalita), Calosoma agassizi, Calosoma brunneum, Calosoma calvini, Calosoma caraboides, Calosoma catenulatum, Calosoma ceresti, Calosoma cockerelli, Calosoma emmonsi, Calosoma escheri, Calosoma escrobiculatum, Calosoma fernquisti, Calosoma grasui, Calosoma heeri, Calosoma inquisitor, Calosoma jaccardi, Calosoma maderae, Calosoma nauckianum, Calosoma semilaeve, Calosoma sycophanta

Type specimen: GNUE-311001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Geumgwangdong area, Pohang City, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large mudstone in the Geumgwangdong Formation of South Korea.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geumgwangdong area, Pohang City

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