Chlaeniini

Brullé, 1834

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Chlaenius(Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles)

Chlaeniini is a large tribe of ground beetles in the Licininae, comprising more than 20 and over 1,000 described worldwide. The genus Chlaenius dominates the tribe with more than 900 species. Members are found across diverse geographic regions including the Oriental Region, West Africa, and East Asia.

Chlaenius purpuricollis by (c) Yves Bousquet, some rights reserved (CC BY). Used under a CC-BY license.

Chlaenius tomentosus by (c) Gordon C. Snelling, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Gordon C. Snelling. Used under a CC-BY license.

Chlaenius tomentosus by (c) Rosario, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rosario. Used under a CC-BY license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Chlaeniini: /klæɪˈniː.aɪˌnaɪ/

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Habitat

Mountainous regions of southern China at elevations of 947–1487 meters, including Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution including: Oriental Region (China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), West Africa (Guinea-Bissau), and East Asia (South Korea).

Sources and further reading

BugGuide
Wikipedia
iNaturalist taxon
NCBI Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life
Ground beetles of the tribes Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 and Rhopalomelini Alluaud, 1930 (Carabidae: Licininae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of two new species and faunistic notes
The complete mitochondrial genome of a ground beetle, Chlaenius naeviger (Carabidae: Harpalinae: Chlaeniini), from South Korea.
Key to the Chinese species of the subgenus Sphodromimus Casale, 1984 (Carabidae, Chlaeniini, Chlaenius) with descriptions of two new species.