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Species Brachinus fulminatus

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus fulminatus - female

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus fulminatus

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 (cordicollis group)

Species fulminatus (Brachinus fulminatus)

Explanation of Names

Brachinus fulminatus Erwin, 1969

Identification

Externally, the combination of third antennomere mostly dark plus legs uniformly pale excludes very similar B. cyanochroaticus and B. quadripennis.

Range

ne US (NY-NC-IN-WI) (1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by tom murray on 1 July, 2008 - 10:42am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 May, 2016 - 10:53am

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