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

Genus Badister

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
small beetle - Badister micans Badister parviceps - Badister notatus Ground beetle 10.06.13 (1) - Badister maculatus Ground beetle 10.06.13 (1) - Badister maculatus Carabidae Badister sp. - Badister maculatus Badister parviceps Beetle - Badister neopulchellus Badister? - Badister neopulchellus
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
Explanation of Names
Badister Clairville 1806
Numbers
14 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area(1), ~50 worldwide(2); 10 spp. in Canada(3)
Size
3.8-6.5 mm
Identification
Mandibles highly asymmetric (either the right or left with a transverse notch); labrum cleft almost to base; clypeus slightly asymmetric and emarginate
Range
most of the world and NA, more diverse in warmer regions(2)
Habitat
Most members of this genus are hygrophilous, adults living among the emergent vegetation in eutrophic marshes, or else in damp woodland, in dense litter(2); adults come to lights
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Licinina (~100 spp. total, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 June, 2005 - 10:49am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 June, 2017 - 5:58pm

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