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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Licinini » Badister » Subgenus Badister (Badister Subgenus Badister) » pulchellus group (Badister pulchellus group) » Badister neopulchellus

Species Badister neopulchellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Licinini
Genus Badister
No Taxon (Subgenus Badister)
No Taxon (pulchellus group)
Species neopulchellus (Badister neopulchellus)
Explanation of Names
Badister neopulchellus Lindroth 1954
Size
5.2-6.1 mm
Identification
head black; pronotum orange; elytra orange with large black patches at front, middle, and rear; scutellum and basal half of antenna dark
Range
throughout NA (NT-CA to NS-GA)(1)
Habitat
grassy marshes; adults come to light
See Also
B. pulchellus has pale scutellum and pale basal half of antenna (not dark as in neopulchellus), and has a more restricted range (Tennessee to Illinois, Indiana, and Ontario)
Thanks to Peter Messer for pointing out these differences here.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 July, 2007 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 June, 2017 - 10:10pm

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