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Subspecies Chlaenius tricolor tricolor

beetles from blacklight, Northern Indiana 1 - Chlaenius tricolor - male BG2251 E4454 - Chlaenius tricolor Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - female Carabid - Chlaenius tricolor Chlaenius tricolor - female resembles Chlaenius - Chlaenius tricolor Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor Chlaenius sp.? - Chlaenius tricolor
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 (nemoralis group)
Species tricolor (Chlaenius tricolor)
Subspecies tricolor (Chlaenius tricolor tricolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chlaenius atripennis LeConte 1847
Explanation of Names
Chlaenius tricolor tricolor Dejean 1826
Range
e NA to the Rockies (NF‒GA to MT‒NM)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 October, 2008 - 5:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 March, 2024 - 9:54pm

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