''Badister'' is a genus of

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in the family

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. 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.

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Species

These 54 species belong to the genus ''Badister'': * '' Badister ajax'' Britton, 1948 * '' Badister amazonus'' Erwin & Ball, 2011 * '' Badister anatolicus'' Schweiger, 1968 * '' Badister brevicollis'' Reiche, 1875 * '' Badister bucciarellii'' (Monguzzi, 1976) * '' Badister bullatus'' (Schrank, 1798) * '' Badister cavifrons'' Fauvel, 1903 * '' Badister collaris'' Motschulsky, 1844 * '' Badister denticulatus'' Wrase, 1995 * '' Badister dilatatus'' Chaudoir, 1837 * '' Badister dorsiger'' (Duftschmid, 1812) * '' Badister elegans'' LeConte, 1880 * '' Badister fenestratus'' Semenov, 1906 * '' Badister ferrugineus'' Dejean, 1831 * '' Badister flavipes'' LeConte, 1853 * '' Badister fukiensis'' Jedlicka, 1956 * '' Badister grandiceps'' Casey, 1920 * '' Badister iranicus'' Jedlicka, 1961 * '' Badister iridescens'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 * '' Badister ishigakiensis'' Habu, 1975 * '' Badister lacertosus'' Sturm, 1815 * '' Badister maculatus'' LeConte, 1853 * '' Badister mareei'' Burgeon, 1942 * '' Badister marginellus'' Bates, 1873 * '' Badister meridionalis'' Puel, 1925 * '' Badister micans'' LeConte, 1844 * '' Badister naviauxi'' Wrase, 1995 * '' Badister neopulchellus'' Lindroth, 1954 * '' Badister nigriceps'' A.Morawitz, 1863 * '' Badister notatus'' Haldeman, 1843 * '' Badister obtusus'' LeConte, 1878 * '' Badister parviceps'' Ball, 1959 * '' Badister peltatus'' (Panzer, 1796) * '' Badister pictus'' Bates, 1873 * '' Badister promontorii'' Péringuey, 1896 * '' Badister pulchellus'' LeConte, 1847 * '' Badister reflexus'' LeConte, 1880 * '' Badister sasajii'' Morita, 2001 * '' Badister seriepunctatus'' Peyron, 1858 * '' Badister sodalis'' (Duftschmid, 1812) * '' Badister submarinus'' Motschulsky, 1859 * '' Badister sundaicus'' Andrewes, 1926 * '' Badister thoracicus'' Wiedemann, 1823 * '' Badister transversus'' Casey, 1920 * '' Badister unipustulatus'' Bonelli, 1813 * '' Badister ussuriensis'' Jedlicka, 1937 * '' Badister vandykei'' Ball, 1959 * '' Badister vittatus'' Bates, 1873 * † '' Badister antecursor'' Scudder, 1900 * † '' Badister debilis'' Heer, 1847 * † '' Badister fragilis'' Heer, 1862 * † '' Badister grandis'' Heer, 1862 * † '' Badister macrocephalus'' Heer, 1862 * † '' Badister prodromus'' Heer, 1847

References

Licininae Carabidae genera {{Licininae-stub