Species Brachinus cyanipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus cyanipennis

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 (fumans group)

Species cyanipennis (Brachinus cyanipennis)

Explanation of Names

Brachinus cyanipennis Say 1823

Size

8-12 mm(1)

Identification

The most distinctive feature (magnifications required) are the extra long erect setae along elytral interval 3.

Range

e NA (NS-MB to SC-AL-TX-?NM) - Map (2)(3)

Works Cited

1.	A reclassification of bombardier beetles and a taxonomic revision of the North and Middle American species... Erwin T.L. 1970. Quaestiones entomologicae 6: 4‒215.

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

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2008 - 12:09am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2022 - 7:45pm

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