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

Species Badister micans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Baudia)
No Taxon (micans group)
Species micans (Badister micans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Badister ocularis Casey 1920
Explanation of Names
Badister micans LeConte 1844
Size
5.4-6.2 mm(1)
Range
NS-GA to MN-TN(2)
Habitat
wet places: borders of marshes, swamps, ponds, usually on wet muddy or clayish soils rich in organic debris(1)
Season
spring breeder(1)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by tom murray on 11 April, 2006 - 10:06pm
Additional contributions by Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 19 June, 2020 - 4:43pm

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