Blethisa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Elaphrinae
Tribus: Elaphrini
Genus: Blethisa

Species: B. catenaria – B. eschscholtzii – B. hudsonica – B. inexpectata – B. julii – B. multipunctata – B. oregonensis – B. quadricollis – B. tuberculata
Name

Blethisa Bonelli, 1810
Synonyms

Helobium Leach, 1815
Raphiona Fischer von Waldheim, 1829

References
Primary references

Bonelli, F.A. 1810. Observations Entomologiques, Première partie. Mémoires de l’Academie des Sciences de Turin 18: 21–78, Tabula Synoptica. BHL Reference page. : 68

Additional references

Goulet, H.; Lafer Sh., G.S.; Morita, S. 2009: A redescription of Blethisa multipunctata aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Elaphrinae). Zootaxa, 2121: 27–34. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Links

Blethisa – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Blethisa – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Ground beetles of the tribe Elaphrini (Carabidae): atlas of beetles of Russia

Blethisa is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It contains the following species:[1]

Blethisa catenaria Brown, 1944
Blethisa eschscholtzii Zoubkoff, 1829
Blethisa hudsonica Casey, 1924
Blethisa inexpectata Goulet & Smetana, 1983
Blethisa julii LeConte, 1863
Blethisa multipunctata Linnaeus, 1758
Blethisa oregonensis LeConte, 1853
Blethisa pleistocenica Lomnicki, 1894
Blethisa quadricollis Haldeman, 1847
Blethisa tuberculata Motschulsky, 1844

References

"Blethisa Bonelli, 1810: 68". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 30 Jun 2011.