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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Brachininae » Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus) » cordicollis group (Brachinus cordicollis group) » Brachinus cyanochroaticus
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Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus cyanochroaticus
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus cyanochroaticus
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 5, 2010
Size: 9.2mm to tip of elytra

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Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2010 - 2:46pm
Last updated 19 August, 2010 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Bombardier Beetle.
Thanks Peter. These Brachinus are among my favorite Carabids.
… tom murray, 19 August, 2010 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Brachinus cyanochroaticus
based on my microscopic examination of this female specimen which is now a photo-voucher in the P.W.Messer collection. Differs from the nearest species by the combination of antennomere 3 pale in proximal half, legs entirely pale, and with protibia finely strigose (parrallel lines). This eastern species is new to BugGuide. Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 19 August, 2010 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

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