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| Badister | |
|---|---|
| Badister elegans, Oklahoma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Licininae |
| Tribe: | Licinini |
| Genus: | Badister Clairville, 1806 |

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