Brachinus texanus

Brachinus texanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Brachinus
Species:	B. texanus
Binomial name
	Brachinus texanus; Chaudoir, 1868

Brachinus texanus is a species of ground beetle in the genus Brachinus ("bombardier beetles"), in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles"). It is found in North America. Like other bombardier beetles, it can spray a boiling, corrosive liquid from its abdomen if provoked, and as such should not be handled.

References

↑ "Brachinus texanus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
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↑ "Brachinus texanus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1–1722.
Erwin, Terry L. (2011). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life, volume III. Carabidae - Loxomeriformes, Melaeniformes, 412.
Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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[bugref-1] "Brachinus texanus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

[itis-2] 1 2 "Brachinus texanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-21.

[eol-3] "Brachinus texanus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

Brachinus texanus

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