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Species Chlaenius variabilipes

Chlaenius variabilipes Eschscholtz 1833 - Chlaenius variabilipes - male
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 Chlaeniellus)
No Taxon (variabilipes group)
Species variabilipes (Chlaenius variabilipes)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chlaenius obscurus LeConte 1851 type specimen
Explanation of Names
Chlaenius variabilipes Eschscholtz 1833
Range
se.OR‒CA‒UT, Mexico(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.