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Checklist of Supertribe Chlaeniitae Bonelli, 1810
for Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
501
7087
22038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
499
7082
22032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
481
6999
21791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
301
5800
19585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
74
1976
6207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
250
1018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
225
959
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
225
959
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHarpalinae
Bonelli, 1810
151
622
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribeChlaeniitae
Bonelli, 1810
20
139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
20 Genera with 139 Species
Atrotus Péringuey, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Brachyodes Jeannel, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Callistomimus Chaudoir, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Chlaenius Bonelli, 1876Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle119SpeciesTaxom
Craspedophorus Hope, 19309SpeciesTaxom
Dinodes Bonet, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Disphaericus C.R. Waterhouse, 19493SpeciesTaxom
Disphericus Waterhouse, 19493SpeciesTaxom
Dyschiridium Chaudoir, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Licinus Latreille, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Lonchosternus LaFerté-Séne..., 18824SpeciesTaxom
Melanchiton Andrewes, 19504SpeciesTaxom
Microcosmodes Strand, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Perissostomus Alluaud, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Procletodema Péringuey, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Psecadius Alluaud, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Sphoerodes Chaudoir, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Systolocranius Chaudoir, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Tefflus Leach, 190316SpeciesTaxom
Trichisia Motschulsky, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
139 Species and 42 Subspecies
Atrotus dallastai Basilewsky, 1977
Atrotus elgonensis Basilewsky, 1954
Atrotus sjostedti Alluaud, 1926
Brachyodes nigrita Chaudoir, 1843
Callistomimus cyclotus Andrewes, 1938
Callistomimus narobiensis Kirschenhofer, 2008
Chlaenius (Agostenus) sulcicollis Paykull, 1798
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) elgonensis Alluaud, 1939
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) episcopalis (Dejean, 1831)⇒ Chlaenius soccatus soccatus Say, 1830
Chlaenius episcopalis yalanus Basilewsky, 1952
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) hypocrita Péringuey, 1896
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) meteorus Alluaud, 1939
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) obsidianoides Alluaud, 1935
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) victoriae Kirschenhofer, 2009
Chlaenius (Callistoides) maculiceps Boheman, 1848
Chlaenius maculiceps mountkeniaensis Kirschenhofer, 2009
Chlaenius (Callistoides) pulchellus Boheman, 1848
Chlaenius (Callistoides) tripustulatus Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius (Calochlaenius) swahilius Bates, 1886
Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) rafiki Alluaud, 1929
Chlaenius rafiki rafiki Alluaud, 1929
Chlaenius (Chlaenionus) zanzibaricus Chaudoir In ..., 1883
Chlaenius zanzibaricus zanzibaricus Chaudoir, 1883
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) amauropterus Chaudoir, 1856
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) angustatus (Dejean, 1831)⇒ Chlaenius gotschii Chaudoir, 1846
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) congoensis (Burgeon, 1935)⇒ Chlaenius waddellii Murray, 1858
Chlaenius congoensis empherus Basilewsky, 1949
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) cupripennis Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) denticulatus Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius denticulatus elatus Erichson, 1843
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) epistrophus Alluaud, 1927
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) sulcipennis Dejean, 1826
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) communimacula Chaudoir In ..., 1883
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) coscinioderus Chaudoir, 1856
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) cosciniophorus Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) cruciatus Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) discopictus Fairmaire, 1893
Chlaenius discopictus discopictus Fairmaire, 1893
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) dusaultii L.Dufour, 1821
Chlaenius dusaultii fulvosignatus Reiche, 1850
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) lomii G.Muller, 1941
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) notabilis LaFerté-Séne..., 1851
Chlaenius notabilis notabilis LaFerté-Sé..., 1851
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) obtusus Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius obtusus obtusus Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) porinus Alluaud, 1929
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) pseudocruciatus Kirschenhofer, 2009
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) quadrisignatus Boheman, 1860
Chlaenius quadrisignatus kibwezianus Basilewsky, 1949
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) sculptilis Bates, 1886
Chlaenius soccatus soccatus Say, 1830
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) systolocranioides Alluaud, 1933
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) testaceicrus Fairmaire, 1891
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) transversalis Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius transversalis omoensis Basilewsky, 1948
Chlaenius (Dacnochlaenius) soricinus Gerstaecker, 1867
Chlaenius (Epomis) circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812
Chlaenius (Epomis) croesus Fabricius, 1801
Chlaenius (Epomis) croyi Kirschenhofer, 2003
Chlaenius (Epomis) deplanatus LaFerté-Séne..., 1851
Chlaenius (Epomis) elisabethanus Burgeon, 1935
Chlaenius elisabethanus elisabethanus Burgeon, 1935
Chlaenius (Epomis) simba Alluaud, 1929
Chlaenius (Goniodinoides) raffrayi Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius (Homalolachnus) flavoscriptus Quedenfeldt, 1891
Chlaenius (Homalolachnus) impictus Alluaud, 1933
Chlaenius (Leptorembus) varians Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius varians meruensis Basilewsky, 1946
Chlaenius varians pullus Jedlicka, 1957
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) bifenestratus Klug, 1832
Chlaenius bifenestratus kilimanus Basilewsky, 1956
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) boisduvalii Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) farai Jedlička, 1949
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) fasciger Chaudoir In ..., 1883
Chlaenius fasciger cyaneorufus Fairmaire, 1892
Chlaenius fasciger fasciger Chaudoir, 1883
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) fenestratus Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) goryi (Gory, 1833)⇒ Chlaenius circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) keniaensis Kirschenhofer, 2008
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) kira Alluaud, 1919
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) puchneri Kirschenhofer, 2007
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) suavis Alluaud, 1939
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) xanthomerus Alluaud, 1918
Chlaenius (Lissauchlaenius) assecla LaFerté-Séne..., 1851
Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) wrasei Kirschenhofer, 1997
Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) alexanderdostali Kirschenhofer, 2008
Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) humphreyi Alluaud, 1927
Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) lugens Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) sennaariensis Chaudoir, 1856
Chlaenius sennaariensis cliffordi Alluaud, 1927
Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) waddellii Murray, 1858
Chlaenius (Nectochlaenius) canariensis Dejean, 1831
Chlaenius canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856
Chlaenius (Nectochlaenius) wewalkai Kirschenhofer, 2008
Chlaenius (Ocybatus) bohemani Chaudoir, 1856
Chlaenius (Ocybatus) deyrollei LaFerté-Séne..., 1851
Chlaenius deyrollei deyrollei LaFerté-Sé..., 1851
Chlaenius (Ocybatus) discicollis (LaFerté-Séne..., 1851)⇒ Chlaenius nepos Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius (Ocybatus) tecospilus Alluaud, 1933
Chlaenius (Oochlaenius) laetoides Burgeon, 1935
Chlaenius (Paracallistoides) ernesti Gory, 1833
Chlaenius (Paracallistoides) fulvicollis Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius fulvicollis pseudomimus Basilewsky, 1949
Chlaenius (Pleroticus) buquetii Dejean & Boi..., 1830
Chlaenius buquetii hacquardi Chaudoir, 1883
Chlaenius (Pleroticus) sumptuosus Alluaud, 1934
Chlaenius (Prochlaeniellus) somereni Alluaud, 1929
Chlaenius (Pseudochlaeniellus) paenulatus Erichson, 1843
Chlaenius (Pseudochlaeniellus) togatus Klug, 1829
Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) insignis Chaudoir, 1876
Chlaenius insignis erikssoni Péringuey, 1892
Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) nakuruensis Kirschenhofer, 2012
Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) quadrimaculatus (Boheman, 1848)⇒ Chlaenius dusaultii fulvosignatus Reiche, 1850
Chlaenius quadrimaculatus elgonicus Basilewsky, 1949
Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) teani Gestro, 1881
Chlaenius (Tomochilus) alternans (Imhoff, 1843)⇒ Chlaenius sulcicollis Paykull, 1798
Chlaenius alternans bayoni Alluaud, 1929
Chlaenius (Trachychlaenites) signatus Boheman, 1848
Chlaenius signatus evulsus Basilewsky, 1949
Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) gotschii Chaudoir, 1846
Chlaenius (Wilmernstus) latipennis Sternberg, 1908
Chlaenius bipustulatus Boheman, 1848
Chlaenius bipustulatus externus Jedlicka, 1957
Chlaenius bipustulatus granulipennis Chaudoir, 1876
Craspedophorus abnormis Bates, 1886
Craspedophorus bayeri Burgeon, 1930
Craspedophorus benadirensis G.Muller, 1942
Craspedophorus carbonarius Harold, 1879
Craspedophorus festivus Klug, 1833
Craspedophorus jeanneli Alluaud, 1930
Craspedophorus latifrons Chaudoir, 1876
Craspedophorus reflexus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Craspedophorus angulatus Fabricius, 1781
Craspedophorus reflexus uelensis Burgeon, 1930
Dinodes (Pachydinodes) bipustulatus (Boheman, 1848)⇒ Chlaenius bohemani Chaudoir, 1856
Dinodes bipustulatus externus Jedlicka, 1957
Dinodes bipustulatus granulipennis Chaudoir, 1876
Disphaericus deplanatus G. Muller, 1949
Disphaericus kolbei Alluaud, 1914
Disphaericus meneghettii G. Muller, 1949
Disphericus deplanatus G.Muller, 1949
Disphericus kolbei Alluaud, 1914
Disphericus meneghettii G.Muller, 1949
Dyschiridium ebeninum Chaudoir, 1861
Licinus (Licinus) peltoides Dejean, 1826
Lonchosternus aethiopicus Lecordier, 1991
Lonchosternus mirei Lecordier & ..., 1988
Lonchosternus nitidus Jeannel, 1949
Lonchosternus substriatus Chaudoir, 1882
Melanchiton iridescens Chaudoir, 1876
Melanchiton kenyensis Straneo, 1950
Melanchiton nairobianus Straneo, 1950
Melanchiton orientalis Straneo, 1950
Microcosmodes cheranganensis Burgeon, 1936
Microcosmodes marakwetianus Burgeon, 1936
Perissostomus palpalis Alluaud, 1930
Procletodema parallela Péringuey, 1899
Procletodema parallelum Péringuey, 1899
Psecadius eustalactus Gerstaecker, 1866
Psecadius eustalactus eustalactus Gerstaecker, 1866
Psecadius eximius Sommer, 1852
Sphoerodes impunctatus Bates, 1886
Systolocranius carinatus Lecordier, 1972
Systolocranius goryi Gory, 1833
Tefflus carinatus Klug, 1853Peaceful giant ground beetle
Tefflus juvenilis Gerstaecker, 1871
Tefflus juvenilis juvenilis Gerstaecker, 1871
Tefflus juvenilis muansanus Kolbe, 1897
Tefflus kilimanus Kolbe, 1897
Tefflus meyerlei Fabricius, 1801
Tefflus meyerlei hacquardi Chaudoir, 1883
Tefflus purpureipennis Quedenfeldt, 1883
Tefflus purpureipennis wituensis Kolbe, 1903
Tefflus raffrayi Chaudoir, 1874
Tefflus raffrayi jamesoni Bates, 1890
Tefflus zanzibaricus Kolbe, 1886Peaceful giant ground beetle
Tefflus zanzibaricus alluaudi Sternberg, 1909Peaceful giant ground beetle
Tefflus zanzibaricus zanzibaricus Kolbe, 1886
Tefflus zebulianus Raffray, 1882
Tefflus zebulianus transitionis Kolbe, 1903
Trichisia babaulti Alluaud, 1914

Subnodes of Chlaeniitae with occurrences in Kenya
TribeChlaeniini
Brullé, 1834
5
95
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLicinini
Bonelli, 1810
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeOodini
La Ferte-Senectere, 1851
5
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePanagaeini
Bonelli, 1810
Hairy Ground Beetles
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePeleciini
Chaudoir, 1880
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom