Chrysanthia geniculata (Chrysanthia geniculata)

Chrysanthia_nigricornis Found this beauty in Leersum the Netherlands. only 6 mm. Chrysanthia geniculata,Geotagged,Netherlands,Summer

Naming

Synonyms
Asclera geniculata W. Schmidt, 1846
Chrysanthia nigricornis Westhoff, 1881
Chrysanthia viridis W. Schmidt, 1846

Subspecies
Chrysanthia geniculata chinensis Švihla, 1999
Chrysanthia geniculata geniculata (W. Schmidt, 1846)
Chrysanthia geniculata integricollis Heyden, 1886
Chrysanthia geniculata viatica Lewis, 1895

Chrysantia geniculata This species used to be categorized as Chrysanthia nigricornis, but currently Chrysantia geniculata is considered to be the accepted name. Chrysanthia geniculata,Chrysanthia nigricornis

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

References:

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http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=345996
http://www.fugleognatur.dk/artsbeskrivelse.asp?ArtsID=9264
http://www.coleo-net.de/coleo/texte/chrysanthia.htm
http://fauna.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/full_results.php?id=124464
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id14340/

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Oedemeridae
Genus	Chrysanthia
Species	Chrysanthia geniculata

Photographed in
Netherlands