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Species Chlaenius erythropus

Ground beetle - Chlaenius erythropus - male

Chlaenius erythropus - Chlaenius erythropus - female

Chlaenius erythropus? - Chlaenius erythropus

orange-legged bluish beetle - Chlaenius erythropus

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 Chlaenius)

No Taxon (laticollis group)

Species erythropus (Chlaenius erythropus)

Explanation of Names

Chlaenius erythropus Germar 1824

Numbers

19-23 mm(1) - Large

Range

e US to NM (NJ-so.ON-e.SD south to FL-TX-ne.NM) - Map (2)[(3)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Tim Loh on 3 December, 2009 - 3:15am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 February, 2022 - 10:55am

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