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Bombardier Beetles
Brachinus
Brachinus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Nearctic, Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Beetles in this genus are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles. The genus contains the following species:
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Brachynolomus
subgenusBrachynolomus
Brachinus
subgenusBrachinus
Neobrachinus
subgenusNeobrachinus
Cnecostolus
subgenusCnecostolus
Aploa
subgenusAploa
Metabrachinus
subgenusMetabrachinus
Brachinus distans
speciesBrachinus distans
Brachinus leprieuri
speciesBrachinus leprieuri
Brachinus longulus
speciesBrachinus longulus
Brachinus drumonti
speciesBrachinus drumonti
Brachinus tschernikhi
speciesBrachinus tschernikhi
Brachinus adansoni
speciesBrachinus adansoni
Brachinus andreaei
speciesBrachinus andreaei
Brachinus aristokrates
speciesBrachinus aristokrates
Brachinus caffer
speciesBrachinus caffer
Brachinus demoulini
speciesBrachinus demoulini
Brachinus enonensis
speciesBrachinus enonensis
Brachinus forticostis
speciesBrachinus forticostis
Brachinus inconditus
speciesBrachinus inconditus
Brachinus isolatus
speciesBrachinus isolatus
Brachinus lactus
speciesBrachinus lactus
Brachinus liopterus
speciesBrachinus liopterus
Brachinus mactus
speciesBrachinus mactus
Brachinus marleyi
speciesBrachinus marleyi
Brachinus nodieri
speciesBrachinus nodieri
Brachinus oneili
speciesBrachinus oneili
Brachinus rikatlae
speciesBrachinus rikatlae
Brachinus solidus
speciesBrachinus solidus
Brachinus subcostatus
speciesBrachinus subcostatus
Brachinus kalalovae
speciesBrachinus kalalovae
Brachinus dilottii
speciesBrachinus dilottii
Brachinus schmidti
speciesBrachinus schmidti
Brachinus brittoni
speciesBrachinus brittoni
Brachinus irakus
speciesBrachinus irakus
Brachinus tigridis
speciesBrachinus tigridis
Aptinomimus
subgenusAptinomimus
Brachinoaptinus
subgenusBrachinoaptinus
Dysbrachinus
subgenusDysbrachinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122211.