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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Brachininae » Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus) » texanus group (Brachinus texanus group) » Brachinus geniculatus

Species Brachinus geniculatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Brachinus geniculatus Dejean - Brachinus geniculatus Brachinus geniculatus 20150513CC02 Brachinus - Brachinus geniculatus 20150513CC05 Brachinus - Brachinus geniculatus 20150513CC05 Brachinus - Brachinus geniculatus Brachinus geniculatus 923C19 - Brachinus geniculatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Brachininae
Genus Brachinus (Bombardier Beetle)
No Taxon (texanus group)
Species geniculatus (Brachinus geniculatus)
Explanation of Names
Brachinus geniculatus Dejean 1831
Size
6 mm
Range
e. TX south to n. Columbia - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
Type locality: "environs de Carthagene" that is, Cartagena, Colombia. (Erwin 1973)
Print References
Erwin, T.L. 1973. A Supplement to the Bombardier Beetles of North and Middle America: New Records for Middle America (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Coleopterists’ Bulletin, 27(2): 79-82.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 November, 2011 - 4:33pm
Last updated 17 April, 2019 - 3:22pm

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