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Chlaeniellus
Chlaenius is a large and diverse genus of ground beetle. It is native to the Palearctic realm (including Europe, the Near East, and North Africa), Afrotropical realm, and Nearctic realm. 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.
35 branches of this group, most-observed first

Tricolored Harp Ground Beetle
speciesChlaenius tricolor

Chlaenius vestitus
speciesChlaenius vestitus

Chlaenius nitidulus
speciesChlaenius nitidulus

Chlaenius inops
speciesChlaenius inops

Chlaenius impunctifrons
speciesChlaenius impunctifrons

Chlaenius tristis
speciesChlaenius tristis

Chlaenius nigricornis
speciesChlaenius nigricornis

Say's Ground Beetle
speciesChlaenius pennsylvanicus

Chlaenius olivieri
speciesChlaenius olivieri

Chlaenius tibialis
speciesChlaenius tibialis

Chlaenius texanus
speciesChlaenius texanus

Chlaenius lineellus
speciesChlaenius lineellus

Chlaenius circumcinctus
speciesChlaenius circumcinctus

Chlaenius flavipes
speciesChlaenius flavipes

Chlaenius nemoralis
speciesChlaenius nemoralis

Chlaenius vafer
speciesChlaenius vafer

Chlaenius variabilipes
speciesChlaenius variabilipes

Chlaenius brevilabris
speciesChlaenius brevilabris

Chlaenius extensus
speciesChlaenius extensus

Chlaenius flaccidus
speciesChlaenius flaccidus

Chlaenius oxygonus
speciesChlaenius oxygonus

Chlaenius obsoletus
speciesChlaenius obsoletus

Chlaenius terminatus
speciesChlaenius terminatus

Chlaenius laeviplaga
speciesChlaenius laeviplaga

Chlaenius prostenus
speciesChlaenius prostenus

Chlaenius tenuilimbatus
speciesChlaenius tenuilimbatus

Chlaenius nebraskensis
speciesChlaenius nebraskensis
Chlaenius floridanus
speciesChlaenius floridanus
Chlaenius pertinax
speciesChlaenius pertinax
Chlaenius glaucus
speciesChlaenius glaucus
Chlaenius simillimus
speciesChlaenius simillimus
Chlaenius etoshaensis
speciesChlaenius etoshaensis
Chlaenius similatus
speciesChlaenius similatus
Chlaenius syriacus
speciesChlaenius syriacus
Chlaenius richardsi
speciesChlaenius richardsi
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 467660.