Chlaenius of Chicago - Chlaenius

Nice poster!

But leucoscelis isn't actually in Chicago, right? The 2012 catalog only lists it for southwestern states.

… Curt Harden, 20 June, 2017 - 8:39am

Correct...

Yeah, I mixed up the older taxonomy on that one. C. cordicollis is the eastern species now. Thanks for pointing that out!

… Joe R., 26 June, 2017 - 6:15pm

Also,

Looking at this now makes me think this might be solitarius:

It's hard to say for sure.

… Curt Harden, 20 June, 2017 - 8:45am

Incredible.

Did you collect most of these yourself? I just collected my sixth species of Chlaenius at Utah Lake. My list goes C. sericeus, C. pennsylvanicus, C. tricolor, C. nebraskensis, C. lithophilus and C. harpalinus. I'm interested in learning how you caught your purpuricollis.

… Jonathan W. Quist, 19 June, 2017 - 9:50am

Photos

The specimens are mostly taken from bugguide. The C. purpuricollis was an image on wikipedia, but I'll try to photograph a few from the collection this afternoon. Bell's revision says that the population from Illinois & Indiana is associated with the Lake Michigan shoreline. The C. purpuricollis frosti subspecies in the Northern Great Plains is apparently associated with more arid locales. Weird ecological dichotomy there.

… Joe R., 19 June, 2017 - 10:45am

Thank you for the information

Thank you for the information. I have read that they are associated with shallow soils. I am aware of a record for Coconino County, Arizona. They might not be too uncommon in Utah if I find the right habitat. There are many surprising finds here.

… Jonathan W. Quist, 19 June, 2017 - 12:29pm

very helpful indeed

there's a typo, should be brevilabris

could you please post a separate photo of Ch. solitarius to fill the gap in the Guide?
thanks!

… v belov, 18 June, 2017 - 1:54am

Fixed

Thanks for pointing out that typo. The C. solitarius was an image I found online, but I'll check at the museum for specimens.

… Joe R., 18 June, 2017 - 2:02am

Excellent resource!

Thanks, Joe

… john and jane balaban, 18 June, 2017 - 1:38am

Thanks

This might be worth adding to the info page for the genus?

… Joe R., 19 June, 2017 - 1:53pm

Placed on Info page

under Identification

… john and jane balaban, 19 June, 2017 - 7:12pm