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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