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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles
Chlaenius
Chlaenius is a large and diverse genus of ground beetle. It is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa, Afrotropical region, and the Nearctic. Worldwide, roughly 1,000 species are currently recognized with the majority of known species occurring in the Oriental and Afrotropical regions. The genus is divided into many subgenera.
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chlaeniellus
subgenusChlaeniellus
Chlaenius
subgenusChlaenius
Lissauchenius
subgenusLissauchenius
Pachydinodes
subgenusPachydinodes
Achlaenius
subgenusAchlaenius
Eurydactylus
subgenusEurydactylus
Haplochlaenius
subgenusHaplochlaenius
Anomoglossus
subgenusAnomoglossus
Chlaenites
subgenusChlaenites
Lithochlaenius
subgenusLithochlaenius
Frog-eater Ground Beetles
subgenusEpomis
Chlaeniostenus
subgenusChlaeniostenus
Agostenus
subgenusAgostenus
Callistoides
subgenusCallistoides
Dinodes
subgenusDinodes
Amblygenius
subgenusAmblygenius
Ocybatus
subgenusOcybatus
Trichochlaenius
subgenusTrichochlaenius
Pelasmomimus
subgenusPelasmomimus
Stenochlaenius
subgenusStenochlaenius
Rhysotrachelus
subgenusRhysotrachelus
Eochlaenius
subgenusEochlaenius
Homalolachnus
subgenusHomalolachnus
Chlaenioctenus
subgenusChlaenioctenus
Callistometus
subgenusCallistometus
Paracallistoides
subgenusParacallistoides
Prochlaeniellus
subgenusProchlaeniellus
Sphodromimus
subgenusSphodromimus
Nectochlaenius
subgenusNectochlaenius
Pseudochlaeniellus
subgenusPseudochlaeniellus
Chlaeniostenodes
subgenusChlaeniostenodes
Chlaenius neocaledonicus
speciesChlaenius neocaledonicus
Chlaenius lafertei
speciesChlaenius lafertei
Baldochlaenius
subgenusBaldochlaenius
Chlaenius oculatus
speciesChlaenius oculatus
Pleroticus
subgenusPleroticus
Chlaenius aberrans
speciesChlaenius aberrans
Chlaenius infersus
speciesChlaenius infersus
Chlaenionus
subgenusChlaenionus
Aulacosomus
subgenusAulacosomus
Macrochlaenites
subgenusMacrochlaenites
Chlaenius amplians
speciesChlaenius amplians
Eudinodes
subgenusEudinodes
Pseudanomoglossus
subgenusPseudanomoglossus
Chlaenius yamdena
speciesChlaenius yamdena
Randallius
subgenusRandallius
Lomasa
subgenusLomasa
Aleptocerus
subgenusAleptocerus
Leptorembus
subgenusLeptorembus
Chlaenius bicolor
speciesChlaenius bicolor
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122213.