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Tribe Galeritini

Red & black ground beetle - Galerita bicolor False Bombardier Beetle ? - Galerita janus False Bombardier Beetle - Galerita janus beetle - Galerita lecontei Galerita mexicana? - Galerita mexicana Galerita bicolor? - Galerita bicolor false bombardier larva - Galerita Beetle_05022021_GH_3751 - Galerita bicolor
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
Numbers
8 spp. of a single genus in our area, ~140 spp. in 5 genera worldwide(1)
Range
mostly tropical, with some Holarctic representation(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.