Species Chlaenius pusillus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius sp? - Chlaenius pusillus

Beautiful Carabid... - Chlaenius pusillus

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 Anomoglossus)

Species pusillus (Chlaenius pusillus)

Explanation of Names

Chlaenius pusillus Say 1823

Size

6.0-9.5 mm(1)

Identification

Small compared to most congeners, plus long jaws

Range

e NA (QC-FL to MN-TX)(2)

Habitat

deciduous forests, edges; usually under stones/logs(1)

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 22 January, 2008 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, roar
Last updated 1 August, 2016 - 4:18pm

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