Species Galerita bicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited

False Bombardier Beetles (Galerita)?...sp? - Galerita bicolor

Black Insect with Red Middle Segment - Galerita bicolor

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Tribe Galeritini

Genus Galerita (False Bombardier Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Progaleritina)

Species bicolor (Galerita bicolor)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Galerita bicolor Drury

Size

17.5-22.5 mm(1)

Identification

Can be separated from similar spp. based on shape of head and/or pronotum(2)(3)

heads of G. bicolor and G. janus:

Range

e. & so. US(1)

Season

Feb-Dec in SC(3)

Works Cited

1.	A monographic revision of the American Galeritini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) By Reichardt H.

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

3.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina By Janet Ciegler

Contributed by Cotinis on 1 January, 2006 - 2:48pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 1 April, 2012 - 1:50am

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