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Species Chlaenius lithophilus

Chlaenius sp. - Chlaenius lithophilus Chlaenius lithophilus - male Chlaenius lithophilus Chlaenius lithophilus Chlaenius lithophilus Chlaenius lithophilus Say 1823 - Chlaenius lithophilus - male Green Carabid - Chlaenius lithophilus Chlaenius lithophilus - male
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 Brachylobus)
Species lithophilus (Chlaenius lithophilus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachylobus lithophilus indigaceus Casey 1914(1)
Explanation of Names
Chlaenius lithophilus Say 1823
Range
transcontinental, NF-BC-NT to GA-AL-TX-NM-WA(1) (or: NM-GA-NF-NT)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.