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Brachinus cyanipennis
Species
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
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1
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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
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2
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3
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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