Badister

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Badister
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Badister elegans, Oklahoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Licininae
Tribe: Licinini
Genus: Badister
Clairville, 1806
Badister unipustulatus Badister unipustulatus (2010-04-28) 03.jpg
Badister unipustulatus

Badister is a genus of ground beetle in the family Carabidae native to North Africa, the Near East, and the Holarctic, including Europe. [1] [2] [3]

In Ireland, Badister species are mostly confined to the south and west but no further north than midland counties, although the species number matches British and exceeds the Scandinavian totals. [4]

Species

These 54 species belong to the genus Badister: [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Badister Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. 1 2 "Badister Clairville, 1806". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. 1 2 Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. National Museums Northern Ireland The Irish Fauna - Carabidae of Ireland