Chlaeniini Explained

Chlaeniini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 20 genera and 1,000 described species in Chlaeniini, found worldwide. The genus Chlaenius has more than 900 species.

Genera

These 22 genera belong to the tribe Chlaeniini:

• Actodus Alluaud, 1915
• Callistomimus Chaudoir, 1872
• Callistus Bonelli, 1810
• Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810
• Eccoptomenus Chaudoir, 1850
• Ectenognathus Murray, 1858
• Globulipalpus Sciaky & Facchini, 2019
• Harpaglossus Motschulsky, 1858
• Hololeius LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
• Holosoma Semenov, 1889
• Mirachlaenius Facchini, 2011
• Parachlaenius Kolbe, 1894
• Perissostomus Alluaud, 1930
• Procletodema Péringuey, 1898
• Procletus Péringuey, 1896
• Rhopalomelus Boheman, 1848
• Sphodroschema Alluaud, 1930
• Stenoodes Basilewsky, 1953
• Straneomelus Sciaky & Facchini, 2019
• Stuhlmannium Kolbe, 1894
• Viridagonum Lassalle, 2015
• † Rhopalochlaenius Zhang; Sun & Zhang, 1994