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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:

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Brachinus crepitans

speciesBrachinus crepitans

Brachinus plagiatus

speciesBrachinus plagiatus

Brachinus psophia

speciesBrachinus psophia

Brachinus elegans

speciesBrachinus elegans

Brachinus ejaculans

speciesBrachinus ejaculans

Brachinus alexandri

speciesBrachinus alexandri

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Recorded sightings

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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 1697692.