Pheropsophus jessoensis

Pheropsophus jessoensis
Pheropsophus jessoensis collected by Y.Nagai in 1992 and identified by K.Ikeuchi.[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Brachininae
Genus: Pheropsophus
Species: P. jessoensis
Binomial name
Pheropsophus jessoensis
(A.Morawitz, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Pheropsophus stenaptinus jessoensis - A.Morawitz, 1862

Pheropsophus jessoensis, colloquially known as the Asian bombardier beetle (miidera beetle in Japan) is a species of ground beetle from Japan, North and South Korea, and the province of Yunnan, China.

References

  1. ↑ "Pheropsophus jessoensis Morawitz,1862". Gallery of specimens, Pheropsophus jessoensis. Osaka Prefecture University. Retrieved 2014-02-28.


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