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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Chlaeniini » Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles (Chlaenius) » subgenus Chlaenius (Chlaenius subgenus Chlaenius) » Chlaenius sericeus

Species Chlaenius sericeus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Works Cited
Carabid - Chlaenius sericeus Ground beetle - Chlaenius sericeus Chlaenius sericeus Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius sericeus Chlaenius sericeus Arizona Beetle for ID - Chlaenius sericeus Chlaenius sericeus Beetle ID - Chlaenius sericeus? - Chlaenius sericeus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Pterostichitae
Tribe Chlaeniini
Genus Chlaenius (Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles)
No Taxon (subgenus Chlaenius)
Species sericeus (Chlaenius sericeus)
Other Common Names
Green Ground Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
sierricola Casey 1914, viridifrons Eschscholtz 1833, regularis LeConte 1851(1)
Explanation of Names
Chlaenius sericeus (Forster 1771)
Size
11‒16 mm
Range
throughout the US and adjacent Canada; Mexico(1)
Habitat
edges of lakes and streams(2)
Season
Mar‒Nov (absent in mid-summer?) in SC(3)
Remarks
the only member of the sericeus group in our fauna(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
3.Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

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