Brachinus texanus is a species of ground beetle in the genus Brachinus ("bombardier beetles"), in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles").[1][2][3] 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.[2]
| Brachinus texanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Brachinus |
| Species: | B. texanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachinus texanus Chaudoir, 1868
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References
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- ^ "Brachinus texanus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ a b "Brachinus texanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Brachinus texanus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
Further reading
edit- 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.