Chlaenius es un género de coleópteros adéfagos de la familia Carabidae.Chlaenius en BioLib
Miden 8-23 mm., generalmente se encuentran en zonas húmedas, algunos son semiacuáticos. Son depredadores. Algunas especies ponen sus huevos en celdillas de barro en el envés de hojas o en tallos. Generalmente son anuales. Los adultos hibernan, emergiendo en la primavera para aparearse. Producen mal olor cuando se los molesta. Se distribuyen por casi todo el mundo, excepto zonas polares.
Especies Hay más de 860 especies en 58 subgéneros. Se reconocen las siguientes: <div style="height:600px; overflow:auto; border:thin green solid; padding:4px;"> Chlaenius abacoides Alluaud, 1933 Chlaenius aberanus Sternberg, 1908 Chlaenius aberrans Bates, 1882 Chlaenius abjectus Andrewes, 1920 Chlaenius abstersus Bates, 1873 Chlaenius accedens Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius acroxanthus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius acutecostatus Alluaud, 1933 Chlaenius adagidensis Sternberg, 1908 Chlaenius adametzi Kuntzen, 1913 Chlaenius adonis Andrewes, 1923 Chlaenius aeneocephalus Dejean, 1826 Chlaenius aeratus Quensel, 1806 Chlaenius aestivus Say, 1823 Chlaenius aethiopicus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius afganus Jedlicka, 1956 Chlaenius africanicus Kirschenhofer, 2009 Chlaenius agilis Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius agiloides Jedlicka, 1935 Chlaenius albissoni Reitter, 1908 Chlaenius alesi Jedlicka, 1935 Chlaenius alexanderdostali Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius allacteus Alluaud, 1919 Chlaenius allardi (Basilewsky, 1967) Chlaenius allardianus Lorenz, 1998 Chlaenius alluaudi Fairmaire, 1901 Chlaenius alluaudianus Jedlicka, 1957 Chlaenius alternans (Imhoff, 1843) Chlaenius alternatus G.Horn, 1871 Chlaenius alutaceus Gebler, 1829 Chlaenius amabilis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius amarae Andrewes, 1920 Chlaenius amauropterus Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius amazonicus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius ammon (Fabricius, 1801) Chlaenius amoenus Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius amplians Bates, 1891 Chlaenius amplicollis (Basilewsky, 1953) Chlaenius amplipennis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius amydrus Alluaud, 1934 Chlaenius analis (Olivier, 1795) Chlaenius analisimilis Pomeroy, 1932 Chlaenius andamanensis Andrewes, 1920 Chlaenius androyanus Jeannel, 1949 Chlaenius angolanus (Basilewsky, 1953) Chlaenius angustatus Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius anischenkoi Kirschenhofer, 2010 Chlaenius annulipes Bates, 1892 Chlaenius antennatus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius anthraceus Alluaud, 1918 Chlaenius anthracoderus Laferte-Senectere, 1851 Chlaenius apicalis (Wiedemann, 1819) Chlaenius apollo Andrewes, 1919 Chlaenius argentinicus Jedlicka, 1946 Chlaenius armenus Jedlicka, 1950 Chlaenius arnoldi Basilewsky, 1949 Chlaenius aruwimius Bates, 1890 Chlaenius aspericollis Bates, 1873 Chlaenius assamensis Kirschenhofer, 2003 Chlaenius assecla Laferte-Senectere, 1851 Chlaenius aterrimus (Basilewsky, 1956) Chlaenius athleta Kryzhanovskij, 1976 Chlaenius atratus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius atripes Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius atropos Andrewes, 1941 Chlaenius attenuatus Klug, 1833 Chlaenius augustus Newman, 1838 Chlaenius aurifex Basilewsky, 1949 Chlaenius auripilis Andrewes, 1936 Chlaenius aurolimbatus (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Chlaenius australis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius azurescens Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius backanensis Kirschenhofer, 2014 Chlaenius baehri (Kirschenhofer, 1998) Chlaenius baeticus Rambur, 1837 Chlaenius balthasari Jedlicka, 1935 Chlaenius bandjermasinensis Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius bangkokensis Kirschenhofer, 2004 Chlaenius baoxingensis Kirschenhofer, 2004 Chlaenius barkeri Csiki, 1931 Chlaenius basilimbatus (Grundmann, 1956) Chlaenius baxii (Gory, 1833) Chlaenius beatus Bates, 1891 Chlaenius bengalensis Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius benyovszkyi (Csiki, 1931) Chlaenius berndjaegeri Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius bicolor Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius bifenestratus Klug, 1832 Chlaenius bilyi Kirschenhofer, 2009 Chlaenius bimaculatus Dejean, 1826 Chlaenius binghami Andrewes, 1919 Chlaenius bioculatus Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius bipustulatus Boheman, 1848 Chlaenius birmanicus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius bisignatus Dejean, 1826 Chlaenius bivulnerus Motschulsky, 1858 Chlaenius bocandei (Laferte-Senectere, 1852) Chlaenius bohemani Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius boisduvalii Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius bonelli (Mateu, 1947) Chlaenius borellyi Burgeon, 1941 Chlaenius borgouensis Kirschenhofer, 2007 Chlaenius bottegoi Alluaud, 1933 Chlaenius boueti (Jeannel, 1949) Chlaenius boukali Kirschenhofer, 2005 Chlaenius braminus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius brasiliensis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius breuningi Jedlicka, 1931 Chlaenius brevilabris Le Conte, 1848 Chlaenius brevior Fairmaire, 1901 Chlaenius breviusculus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius brunnescens Kirschenhofer, 2009 Chlaenius bulirschi Kirschenhofer, 2010 Chlaenius buquetii (Dejean & Boisduval, 1830) Chlaenius buriensis Kirschenhofer, 1998 Chlaenius caecus Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius caeruleiceps (Bates, 1892) Chlaenius caeruleicollis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius caesitius Andrewes, 1923 Chlaenius caffer Boheman, 1848 Chlaenius callichloris Bates, 1873 Chlaenius cambodiensis Bates, 1889 Chlaenius camerunensis Kirschenhofer, 2003 Chlaenius canariensis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius carbonatus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius caurinus (G.Horn, 1885) Chlaenius cavilabrum Barker, 1922 Chlaenius cebuensis Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius cecrops Kirschenhofer, 2009 Chlaenius celer Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius ceramensis Kirschenhofer, 2003 Chlaenius chagga Alluaud, 1927 Chlaenius chainatensis Kirschenhofer, 2011 Chlaenius chalcoderus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius chalcothorax Wiedemann, 1823 Chlaenius cham Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius championi Andrewes, 1923 Chlaenius changwatensis (Kirschenhofer, 1998) Chlaenius chapanus Andrewes, 1919 Chlaenius chaudoiri G.Horn, 1876 Chlaenius chengduensis Kirschenhofer, 2004 Chlaenius chiangmaiensis Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius chitwanensis Kirschenhofer, 2005 Chlaenius chlorochrous Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius chlorodius Dejean, 1826 Chlaenius chrysocephalus P. Rossi, 1790 Chlaenius chrysoderus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius chuanqianensis Liu & Liang, 2011 Chlaenius chuji Jedlicka, 1946 Chlaenius cinctus (Fabricius, 1781) Chlaenius circumcinctus Say, 1830 Chlaenius circumdatus Brulle, 1835 Chlaenius circumductus A.Morawitz, 1862 Chlaenius circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812 Chlaenius clarksoni Barker, 1922 Chlaenius clypeopatens (Basilewsky, 1949) Chlaenius coeruleus (Steven, 1809) Chlaenius colasi Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius collarti Alluaud, 1933 Chlaenius colmanti Alluaud, 1933 Chlaenius colombensis Jedlicka, 1964 Chlaenius columbinus Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius comans Andrewes, 1919 Chlaenius comes Peringuey, 1896 Chlaenius communimacula Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883 Chlaenius conformis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius congoanus Alluaud, 1934 Chlaenius congoensis Burgeon, 1935 Chlaenius conradsi Kuntzen, 1913 Chlaenius consobrinus P?ringuey, 1896 Chlaenius consors Peringuey, 1896 Chlaenius contractus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius controversus Peringuey, 1926 Chlaenius convexus Fairmaire, 1886 Chlaenius cookei Andrewes, 1933 Chlaenius coquereli Fairmaire, 1868 Chlaenius corbetti Andrewes, 1919 Chlaenius cordicollis Kirby, 1837 Chlaenius cordifer Bates, 1891 Chlaenius corrosulus Bates, 1892 Chlaenius coscinioderus Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius cosciniophorus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius costiger Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius costipennis Boheman, 1848 Chlaenius costulatus Motschulsky, 1859 Chlaenius coxalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 Chlaenius crebrepunctatus Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius crenistriatus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius cribellatus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius cribellicollis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius cribricollis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius croesus (Fabricius, 1801) Chlaenius croyi Kirschenhofer, 2003 Chlaenius cruciatus Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius crudelis Peringuey, 1896 Chlaenius cruralis Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 Chlaenius cubanus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius cumatilis Leconte, 1851 Chlaenius cupreocinctus Reiche, 1847 Chlaenius cupreolineatus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius cupreolus Fairmaire, 1901 Chlaenius cupreopurpureus Kirschenhofer, 2009 Chlaenius cupripennis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius cuprithorax Quedenfeldt, 1883 Chlaenius cursor Chevrolat, 1835 Chlaenius curtii (Lemaire, 2001) Chlaenius curtulus Kirschenhofer, 2004 Chlaenius cyaneus Brulle, 1835 Chlaenius cyanipennis Boheman, 1848 Chlaenius cyanostolus Andrewes, 1924 Chlaenius cylindricollis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius daer Darlington, 1968 Chlaenius dajuensis Kirschenhofer, 2002 Chlaenius dalibaiensis Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius daressalaami Jedlicka, 1957 Chlaenius darfurensis Kirschenhofer, 2007 Chlaenius darlingensis Castelnau, 1867 Chlaenius darlingtoni (Basilewsky, 1951) Chlaenius davidsoni Mandl, 1978 Chlaenius decellei (Basilewsky, 1968) Chlaenius decipiens L. Dufour, 1820 Chlaenius decorsei Alluaud, 1916 Chlaenius dejeanii Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius delicatus Bates, 1892 Chlaenius deliciolus Bates, 1873 Chlaenius delkeskampi (Basilewsky, 1956) Chlaenius densaticollis Fairmaire, 1901 Chlaenius denticulatus Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius deplanatus (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Chlaenius deserticola Raffray, 1885 Chlaenius deuvei Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius deyrollei (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Chlaenius dhawalagiriensis Kirschenhofer, 2002 Chlaenius diabolicus (Basilewsky, 1961) Chlaenius dianus Jedlicka, 1957 Chlaenius diephelus Alluaud, 1934 Chlaenius differens Peyron, 1858 Chlaenius difficilis Sternberg, 1908 Chlaenius dilatatus (Motschulsky, 1864) Chlaenius dilutipes Reitter, 1894 Chlaenius dimidiatus Chaudoir, 1842 Chlaenius dinodoides Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius discicollis (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Chlaenius discopictus Fairmaire, 1893 Chlaenius dispreticus (Basilewsky, 1968) Chlaenius dissidens Peringuey, 1926 Chlaenius distigma Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius ditulus Peringuey, 1904 Chlaenius diversus Facchini, 2011 Chlaenius dives Dejean, 1826 Chlaenius djaina Maindron, 1899 Chlaenius dohrnii (Bertoloni, 1857) Chlaenius dondoensis Kirschenhofer, 2007 Chlaenius doriae Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius dorsalis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius dostojevskji Tschitscherine, 1895 Chlaenius drescheri Louwerens, 1951 Chlaenius ducalis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius dureli Maindron, 1899 Chlaenius dusaultii (L.Dufour, 1821) Chlaenius duvaucelii (Dejean, 1831) Chlaenius ecuadoricus Jedlicka, 1946 Chlaenius effugiens Peringuey, 1908 Chlaenius elegans (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846) Chlaenius elgonensis Alluaud, 1939 Chlaenius elisabethanus Burgeon, 1935 Chlaenius elongatulus Kirschenhofer, 2009 Chlaenius elongatus (Klug, 1833) Chlaenius emarginatus Say, 1823 Chlaenius eneides Bates, 1892 Chlaenius epicosmoides (Basilewsky, 1956) Chlaenius episcopalis Dejean, 1831 Chlaenius epistrophus Alluaud, 1927 Chlaenius eritreaensis Kirschenhofer, 2007 Chlaenius ernesti Gory, 1833 Chlaenius erythrocnemis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius erythropus Germar, 1824 Chlaenius eugrammus Basilewsky, 1947 Chlaenius eurybates Bates, 1891 Chlaenius euryscopus Bates, 1886 Chlaenius evae Wrase, 2012 Chlaenius exaratus (Basilewsky, 1949) Chlaenius exilis Andrewes, 1923 Chlaenius extensus Mannerheim, 1825 Chlaenius eyeni Basilewsky, 1949 Chlaenius fairmairei Murray, 1858 Chlaenius fallax (Olivier, 1795) Chlaenius farai Jedlicka, 1949 Chlaenius farkaci Kirschenhofer, 2005 Chlaenius fasciger Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883 Chlaenius fastigatus Andrewes, 1921 Chlaenius feanus Bates, 1892 Chlaenius femoratus Dejean, 1826 Chlaenius fenestratus Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius feronioides Murray, 1858 Chlaenius festivus Panzer, 1796 Chlaenius fimbriatus (Klug, 1833) Chlaenius finitimus Peringuey, 1908 Chlaenius fizianus Basilewsky, 1961 Chlaenius flaccidus G.Horn, 1876 Chlaenius flavicornis Fischer von Waldheim, 1842 Chlaenius flaviguttatus W.S. Macleay, 1825 Chlaenius flavipes Menetries, 1832