Species Chlaenius cordicollis

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

Chlaenius cordicollis Kirby - Chlaenius cordicollis

Harpalini - Agonum sp? - Chlaenius cordicollis

Chlaenius cordicollis Female - Chlaenius cordicollis - female

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 Lithochlaenius)

Species cordicollis (Chlaenius cordicollis)

Explanation of Names

Chlaenius cordicollis Kirby 1837

cordicollis - Latin for 'heart neck' (1)

Identification

Third antennal segment distinctly longer than fourth; abdominal sclerties more or less glabrous at middle, densely punctate laterally; elytral margin curved evenly onto basal margin (no angle); pronotal disk with impunctate areas; elytra opaque, not shining; proepisternum black, not metallic.

Range

e. NA (NB-MB to NC-MS-AR)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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

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