''Blethisa'' is a genus of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...
native to the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
. It contains the following species:
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Blethisa catenaria
''Blethisa catenaria'' is a species of ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are foun ...
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Brown, 1944
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Blethisa eschscholtzii
''Blethisa'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It contains the following species:
* '' Blethisa catenaria'' Brown, 1944
* '' Blethisa eschscholtzii'' Zoubkoff, 1829
* '' Blethisa hudsonica'' Casey, 1924
* ''Blethisa inexpecta ...
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Zoubkoff, 1829
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Blethisa hudsonica
''Blethisa hudsonica'' is a species of ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are foun ...
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Casey, 1924
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Blethisa inexpectata
''Blethisa'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and No ...
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Goulet & Smetana, 1983
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Blethisa julii
''Blethisa julii'' is a species of ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in ...
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LeConte, 1863
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Blethisa multipunctata
''Blethisa multipunctata'' is a species of ground beetle native to Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. ...
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Linnaeus, 1758
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Blethisa oregonensis
''Blethisa oregonensis'' is a species of ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are fo ...
''
LeConte, 1853
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Blethisa pleistocenica
''Blethisa'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It contains the following species:
* '' Blethisa catenaria'' Brown, 1944
* ''Blethisa eschscholtzii'' Zoubkoff, 1829
* '' Blethisa hudsonica'' Casey, 1924
* ''Blethisa inexpectat ...
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Lomnicki, 1894
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Blethisa quadricollis
''Blethisa quadricollis'' is a species of ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are f ...
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Haldeman, 1847
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Blethisa tuberculata
''Blethisa'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It contains the following species:
* '' Blethisa catenaria'' Brown, 1944
* ''Blethisa eschscholtzii'' Zoubkoff, 1829
* '' Blethisa hudsonica'' Casey, 1924
* ''Blethisa inexpectat ...
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Motschulsky, 1844
References
External links
''Blethisa'' at Fauna Europaea
Taxa named by Franco Andrea Bonelli
Carabidae genera
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