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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Chlaeniini » Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles (Chlaenius) » subgenus Chlaeniellus (Chlaenius subgenus Chlaeniellus) » nemoralis group (Chlaenius nemoralis group) » Chlaenius tricolor » Chlaenius tricolor tricolor
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Beetle IMG_7246 - Chlaenius tricolor
Copyright © 2016 Steve Nanz

Beetle IMG_7246 - Chlaenius tricolor
Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 9, 2015
Chlaenius sp.?

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Beetle IMG_7246 - Chlaenius tricolor Beetle IMG_7246 - Chlaenius tricolor
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 February, 2016 - 4:42pm
Last updated 15 December, 2016 - 5:15am

Moved
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 15 December, 2016 - 5:15am login or register to post comments

Nemoralis subgenus?
This looks most like Chlaenius tricolor to me though it could potentially be C. nemoralis. The pictures seem to depict a shinier pronotum which points to C. tricolor. A duller pronotum would indicate C. nemoralis. Best of luck!
… Sean Perez, 17 February, 2016 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Sean
In my specimens of C. nemoralis, the shininess of the head contrasts well against the pronotum. I agree this is C. tricolor.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 15 December, 2016 - 5:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
Thank you both!
… Steve Nanz, 15 December, 2016 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Chlaenius sp.
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 16 February, 2016 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

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