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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 Eurydactylus (Chlaenius subgenus Eurydactylus) » Chlaenius tomentosus

Species Chlaenius tomentosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
TX Purplish black Beetle - Chlaenius tomentosus Chlaenius tomentosus beetle - Chlaenius tomentosus Chlaenius tomentosus? - Chlaenius tomentosus - male Carabidae --? - Chlaenius tomentosus C. orbus? - Chlaenius tomentosus Carabid - Chlaenius tomentosus Chlaenius tomentosus
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 Eurydactylus)
Species tomentosus (Chlaenius tomentosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chlaenius amplus LeConte 1856
Explanation of Names
Chlaenius tomentosus (Say 1823)
tomentosus 'covered with dense pile'
Range
e NA to the Rocky Mtns (ME‒FL to AB‒AZ)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 February, 2008 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 March, 2024 - 9:50pm

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