Calosoma olivieri is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. It was described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1831. This species is found in Spain, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran, Azores, Canary Islands, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Cape Verde, Mauretania, Chad, Pakistan and India.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Calosoma olivieri being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calosoma maderae
- Calosoma peregrinator
- Calosoma marginale
- Calosoma maximowiczi
- Calosoma denticolle
- Calosoma semilaeve
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Calosoma
- Species
- Calosoma olivieri
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