Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Licinini » Badister » Subgenus Baudia (Badister Subgenus Baudia) » micans group (Badister micans group) » Badister reflexus
Photo#1127233
Badister reflexus - male
Copyright © 2015 Brad Barnd

Badister reflexus - Male
West Farm, Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
July 11, 2015
Size: 4.5 mm
At lights.

Considering its size being intermediate between this species & the similar B. ocularis, I dissected the genitalia to confirm the ID, using Ball 1959.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 23 August, 2015 - 11:49pm

This Badister reflexus extends the northwestern corner
of its geographic range. Thanks Brad for the notice.

Unpublished PWM note: Besides the well-known differences related to body size and degree of iridescence, reflexus is distinguished from micans & grandiceps by its well-impressed microsculpture on the pronotum versus indistinct striate mesh observed in the other two.
… Peter W. Messer, 24 August, 2015 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact