Species
Metrius contractus (Contracted bombing beetle)
Metrius contractus. Photo: (c) Koji Shiraiwa, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Metrius contractus is a species of bombardier beetle. It was described by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz in 1892.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)
- Superfamily: Caraboidea
- Family: Carabidae (Ground beetles)
- Subfamily: Paussinae (Ant nest beetles)
- Tribe: Metriini
- Genus: Metrius
- Species: Metrius contractus (Contracted bombing beetle)
- Genus: Metrius
- Tribe: Metriini
- Subfamily: Paussinae (Ant nest beetles)
- Family: Carabidae (Ground beetles)
- Superfamily: Caraboidea
- Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)








