Species Galerita mexicana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

false bombadier beetle - Galerita mexicana

Red Shoulder Beetle? - Galerita mexicana

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Galeritini

Genus Galerita (False Bombardier Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Progaleritina)

Species mexicana (Galerita mexicana)

Explanation of Names

Galerita (Progaleritina) mexicana Chaudoir 1872

Size

15.5-18.0 mm(1)

Identification

eyes prominent:

compare G. atripes (sc US to AZ):

Range

southern plains to AZ (AZ-TX-NE) to Costa Rica - Map (2)(3)

Works Cited

1.	A monographic revision of the American Galeritini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Reichardt H. 1967. Arquivos de Zoologia 15(1-2): 1-176.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 2 October, 2008 - 11:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2019 - 3:11pm

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