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Brachinus efflans

Brachinus efflans is a species of ground beetle in the Brachininae subfamily that can be found in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, and on the islands such as Sicily. It can also be found in North African countries such as Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and is common in Syria too. The species is black coloured with red head and legs, and is similar to Brachinus crepitans.

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Brachinus efflans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Brachinus
Species:
B. efflans
Binomial name
Brachinus efflans
Synonyms
  • Brachinus etslans Dejean, 1830
  • Brachinus fleisheri Reitter, 1919

Brachinus efflans is a species of ground beetle in the Brachininae subfamily that can be found in Bulgaria,1 Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, and on the islands such as Sicily.2 It can also be found in North African countries such as Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and is common in Syria too.3 The species is black coloured with red head and legs,4 and is similar to Brachinus crepitans.

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References

  1. Vassil B. Guéorguiev, Borislav V. Guéorguiev (1995). Catalogue of the ground beetles of Bulgaria (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Sofia - Moscow: Pensoft. p. 78. ISBN 954-642-003-4.
  2. "Brachinus (Brachinus) efflans Dejean & Boisduval, 1829". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. "Brachinus efflans Dejean, 1830". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  4. "Description". Biolib.cz. Retrieved December 27, 2012.