星步甲屬（_Calosoma_）是步行蟲科的一個屬，主要分佈於北半球。基本上屬於星步甲屬的 167 種昆蟲的外觀都呈現黑色，不過有些是金屬色。位於它們腹部頂端附近的腺體可以產生一種惡臭的氣體。星步甲屬可以被人識別，因為它們的胸部很大，幾乎和它們的腹部一樣大，而且比它們的頭還要寬得多。



下屬物種

本屬包括以下物種：


* _Calosoma abbreviatum_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma (Carabops) abyssinicum_ Gestro, 1881

* _Calosoma aethiopicum_ Breuning, 1927

* _Calosoma affine_ Chaudoir, 1843

* _Calosoma agassizii_ Oustalet, 1874

* _Calosoma algiricum_ Géhin, 1885

* _Calosoma (Elgonorites) alinderi_ Breuning, 1928

* _Calosoma alternans_ (Fabricius, 1792)

* _Calosoma ampliator_ Bates, 1891

* _Calosoma angulatum_ Chevrolat, 1834

* _Calosoma anthracinum_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma anthrax_ Semenov, 1900

* _Calosoma antinorii_ Gestro, 1878

* _Calosoma (Castrida) argentinense_ Csiki, 1927

* _Calosoma arrowi_ Breuning, 1928

* 藏星步甲 _Calosoma (Caminara) arrowianum_ Breuning,1934

* _Calosoma atrovirens_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma aurocinctum_ Chaudoir, 1850

* 星廣肩步甲 _Calosoma auropunctatum_ (Herbst, 1784)

  
* 金星步甲 _Calosoma (Campalita) auropunctatum dsungaricum_ Gebler,1833

* _Calosoma bastardi_ Alluaud, 1925

* _Calosoma (Calosoma) beesoni_ Andrewes, 1919

* _Calosoma blaptoides_ Putzeys, 1845

* _Calosoma (Carabomorphus) brachycerum_ (Gerstaecker, 1884)

* _Calosoma breviusculum_ (Mannerheim, 1830)

* _Calosoma bridgesi_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma brunneum_ Zhang & Liu&Shangguan, 1989

* _Calosoma bulleri_ Beheim & Breuning, 1943

* _Calosoma burtoni_ Alluaud, 1913

* 暴廣肩步甲 _Calosoma calidum_ (Fabricius, 1775)

* _Calosoma calvini_ Wickham, 1909

* _Calosoma cancellatum_ Eschscholtz, 1833

* _Calosoma caraboides_ Heer, 1860

* _Calosoma (Carabomorphus) catenatum_ (Roeschke, 1899)

* _Calosoma catenulatum_ Heer, 1865

* _Calosoma ceresti_ Nel, 1989

* _Calosoma chihuahua_ Gidaspow, 1959

* 中華金星步甲 _Calosoma chinense_ Kirby, 1819，中國廣肩步甲

* _Calosoma chlorostictum_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma cicatricosum_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma cockerelli_ Wickham, 1910

* _Calosoma costipenne_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma (Calosoma) cyaneoventre_ Mandl, 1954

* _Calosoma cyanescens_ Motschulsky, 1859

* _Calosoma (Caminara) davidis_ Géhin, 1885

* _Calosoma dawsoni_ (Dajoz, 1997)

* _Calosoma (Orinodromus) deckeni_ (Gerstaecker, 1867)

* 齒星步甲 _Calosoma denticolle_ Gebler, 1833

* _Calosoma deplanatum_ Heer, 1860

* _Calosoma depressicolle_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma dietzii_ Schaeffer, 1904

* _Calosoma digueti_ (Lapouge, 1924)

* _Calosoma discors_ LeConte, 1857

* 煉廣肩步甲 _Calosoma (Charmosta) dividi_ Gehin

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) elegans_ (Kirsch, 1859)

* _Calosoma elgonense_ (Burgeon, 1928)

* _Calosoma emmonsii_ Scudder, 1900

* _Calosoma eremicola_ Fall, 1910

* _Calosoma escheri_ Heer, 1860

* _Calosoma escrobiculatum_ Heer, 1860

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) ewersmanni_ (Chaudoir, 1850)

* _Calosoma externum_ (Say, 1823)

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) fabulosum_ Semenov & Znojko, 1933

* _Calosoma fernquisti_ Cockerell, 1924

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) fischeri_ (Fischer von Waldheim, 1842)

* _Calosoma (Carabomimus) flohri_ Bates, 1884

* _Calosoma frigidum_ Kirby, 1837

* _Calosoma fulgens_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma galapageium_ Hope, 1838

* _Calosoma gestroi_ Breuning, 1928

* _Calosoma glabratum_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma glaciale_ (Kolbe, 1905)

* _Calosoma (Castrida) granatense_ Géhin, 1885

* _Calosoma grandidieri_ Maindron, 1900

* _Calosoma grasui_ Paucă & Ciobanu, 1978

* _Calosoma guineense_ Imhoff, 1843

* _Calosoma (Carabomorphus) harrarense_ (Jakobson, 1900)

* _Calosoma haydeni_ G.Horn, 1870

* _Calosoma heeri_ Scudder, 1895

* 喜廣肩步甲 _Calosoma himalayanum_ Gestro, 1875

* _Calosoma imbricatum_ Klug, 1832

* _Calosoma (Campalita) indicum_ Hope, 1831

* 青銅廣肩步甲 _Calosoma inquisitor_ (Linnaeus, 1758)

  
* 青邊廣肩步甲 _Calosoma (Calosoma) inquisitor cyanescens_ Motschulsky

* 大星廣肩步甲 _Calosoma investigator_ (Illiger, 1798)

* _Calosoma jaccardi_ Heer, 1860

* _Calosoma (Carabops) janssensi_ (Basilewsky, 1953)

* _Calosoma kenyense_ Breuning, 1928

* _Calosoma kimi_ Lee & Nam, 2021

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) kuschakewitschi_ (Ballion, 1871)

* _Calosoma laeve_ Dejean, 1826

* _Calosoma laevigatum_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma lariversi_ Van Dyke, 1943

* _Calosoma latipenne_ G.Horn, 1870

* _Calosoma (Orinodromus) leleupi_ (Basilewsky, 1962)

* _Calosoma leleuporum_ (Basilewsky, 1968)

* _Calosoma lepidum_ LeConte, 1845

* _Calosoma linelli_ Mutchler, 1925

* 暗星步甲 _Calosoma lugens_ Chaudoir, 1869，暗星廣肩步甲

* _Calosoma luxatum_ Say, 1823

* _Calosoma macrum_ LeConte, 1853

* _Calosoma maderae_ (Fabricius, 1775)

  
* 中華廣肩步甲 _Calosoma maderae chinensis_ Kirdy

* _Calosoma marginale_ Casey, 1897

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) marginatum_ Gebler, 1830

* _Calosoma (Carabomorphus) masaicum_ (Alluaud, 1912)

* 大星步甲 _Calosoma (Calosoma) maximoviczi_ A.Morawitz, 1863

* _Calosoma maximowiczi_

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) mirificum_ (Casale, 1979)

* _Calosoma moniliatum_ (LeConte, 1852)

* _Calosoma monticola_ Casey, 1897

* _Calosoma (Carabomimus) morelianum_ Bates, 1891

* _Calosoma morrisonii_ G.Horn, 1885

* _Calosoma nauckianum_ Heer, 1860

* _Calosoma (Orinodromus) neumanni_ (Kolbe, 1895)

* _Calosoma (Carabops) nyassicum_ (Basilewsky, 1984)

* _Calosoma (Carabops) oberthueri_ Vuillet, 1910

* _Calosoma obsoletum_ Say, 1823

* _Calosoma oceanicum_ Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864

* _Calosoma olivieri_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma omiltemium_ Bates, 1891

* _Calosoma oregonum_ (Gidaspow, 1959)

* 東方星步甲 _Calosoma (Ctenosta) orientale_ Hope, 1833

* _Calosoma (Carabomimus) orizabae_ (Jeannel, 1940)

* _Calosoma palmeri_ G.Horn, 1876

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) panderi_ (Fischer von Waldheim, 1820)

* _Calosoma parvicolle_ Fall, 1910

* _Calosoma pentheri_ Apfelbeck, 1918

* _Calosoma peregrinator_ Guérin-Méneville, 1844

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) persianum_ (Morvan, 1974)

* _Calosoma (Castrida) peruviense_ Mandl, 1971

* _Calosoma placerum_ (Gidaspow, 1959)

* _Calosoma planicolle_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma politum_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma porosifrons_ Bates, 1891

* _Calosoma prominens_ LeConte, 1853

* _Calosoma protractum_ LeConte, 1862

* _Calosoma raffrayi_ Fairmaire, 1883

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) regelianum_ A.Morawitz, 1886

* _Calosoma reitteri_ Roeschke, 1897

* _Calosoma relictum_ Apfelbeck, 1918

* _Calosoma reticulatum_ (Fabricius, 1787)

* _Calosoma (Castrida) retusum_ (Fabricius, 1775)

* _Calosoma (Ctenosta) roeschkei_ Breuning, 1927

* _Calosoma rufipenne_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma (Carabops) rugolosum_ Beheim & Breuning, 1943

* _Calosoma sayi_ Dejean, 1826

* _Calosoma (Ctenosta) scabrosum_ Chaudoir, 1843

* _Calosoma schaefferi_ Breuning, 1928

* _Calosoma schayeri_ Erichson, 1842

* _Calosoma scrutator_ (Fabricius, 1775)

* _Calosoma semilaeve_ LeConte, 1852

* _Calosoma senegalense_ Dejean, 1831

* 簡星步甲 _Calosoma simplex_ LeConte, 1878

* _Calosoma splendidum_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma sponsa_ Casey, 1897

* _Calosoma strandi_ Breuning, 1934

* _Calosoma (Callistenia) striatior_ Hatch, 1953

* _Calosoma striatulum_ Chevrolat, 1835

* _Calosoma subaeneum_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma subasperatum_ Schaeffer, 1915

* 歐洲廣肩步甲 _Calosoma sycophanta_ (Linnaeus, 1758)

* _Calosoma tepidum_ LeConte, 1852

* _Calosoma trapezipenne_ Chaudoir, 1869

* _Calosoma (Callisthenes) usgentense_ Solsky, 1874

* _Calosoma (Castrida) vagans_ Dejean, 1831

* _Calosoma (Carabops) vermiculatum_ (Straneo, 1942)

* _Calosoma (Calopachys) viridissimum_ (Haury, 1880)

* _Calosoma viridisulcatum_ Chaudoir, 1863

* _Calosoma (Orinodromus) volkensi_ (Kolbe, 1895)

* _Calosoma wilcoxi_ LeConte, 1847

* _Calosoma wilkesii_ (LeConte, 1852)



歷史

1905 年，屬於星步甲屬的一種昆蟲疆星步行蟲被引進到新英格蘭用於控制舞毒蛾。由於這個原因，它們通常被認為是有益的昆蟲。同樣屬於星步甲屬後來黑萼甲蟲在加利福尼亞州比較常見。



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