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Genus Blethisa

Carabid 1 (black) - Blethisa catenaria Carabid 3(red/copper) - Blethisa catenaria Blethisa multipunctata hudsonica Casey - Blethisa hudsonica - female Ground Beetle - Blethisa oregonensis Ground Beetle - Blethisa oregonensis Blethisa found on snowpack - Blethisa Blethisa found on snowpack - Blethisa Blethisa found on snowpack - Blethisa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Elaphrinae
Genus Blethisa
Explanation of Names
Blethisa Bonelli 1810
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 8 total(1)
Range
northern holarctic, mostly boreal (incl. 2 holarctic spp.); in NA, south to NJ-IN-IL-MT-OR(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.