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Tribe Chlaeniini

Chlaenius? - Chlaenius orbus Black beetle with white legs and fine hair - Chlaenius circumcinctus - male Ground beetle - Chlaenius pennsylvanicus Chlaenius aestivus C. orbus? - Chlaenius tomentosus Chlaenius aestivus Chlaenius aestivus 9079780 Chlaenius   - Chlaenius pennsylvanicus
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Callistini
Numbers
>50 spp. of a single genus in our area, ca. 1000 spp. in 18 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide, most diverse in the Old World tropics(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.