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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Brachininae » Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus) » fumans group (Brachinus fumans group) » Brachinus fumans
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Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus fumans
Copyright © 2014 tom murray

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus fumans
Addison, Addison County, Vermont, USA
April 24, 2014
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Contributed by tom murray on 24 April, 2014 - 7:12pm
Last updated 11 March, 2023 - 8:58am

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Moved from Bombardier Beetle.
Thanks Peter. These Brachinus are a fun group of beetles and I'm glad you're examining the specimens!
… tom murray, 29 July, 2014 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

Brachinus fumans
based on my microscopic examination of this male specimen which is deposited in the P.W.Messer collection as a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

New species to BugGuide and in the fumans group - no surprise!
Helpful clues are a moderately large body size (this one ~ 12 mm long), pale venter except for darkened sides of abdomen, elytra with prominent ridges, and pronotum strongly constricted toward base.
… Peter W. Messer, 29 July, 2014 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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