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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Brachininae » Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus) » alternans group (Brachinus alternans group) » Brachinus rugipennis
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Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus rugipennis
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus rugipennis
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 20, 2012
Size: 7.2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 September, 2012 - 10:34pm
Last updated 11 March, 2023 - 9:19am

Moved
Moved from Bombardier Beetle.
Thanks Peter.
… tom murray, 21 January, 2013 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

Brachinus rugipennis Chaudoir, 1868
Brachinus rugipennis Chaudoir, 1868
based on my microscopic examination of this female specimen which is now a photo-voucher in the P.W.Messer collection. Thanks Tom.

Range: spotty distribution in west, southeast, and northeast.
Compared to similar B cordicollis this species with proepipleura pubescent, shoulders somewhat sloped, metepisternum not entirely dark, elytral surface with fine short transverse rugae (wrinkles), and average body size probably smaller. This one measures ABL ~ 7.2 mm.

New to BugGuide and my reference collection!
… Peter W. Messer, 20 January, 2013 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

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