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Species Asaphidion curtum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Trechinae

Tribe Bembidiini

Subtribe Bembidiina

Genus Asaphidion

Species curtum (Asaphidion curtum)

Explanation of Names

Asaphidion curtum curtum (Heyden 1870)

Size

4-5 mm

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA (ME-NY)(1)

Habitat

bare soil in gardens and on sandy ground with freshwater nearby

Remarks

earliest NA record: Long Island, NY, late 1920s(1)

See Also

Elaphrus spp. live mostly on mud flats

Internet References

Ground beetles of Ireland

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 April, 2006 - 1:06pm
Additional contributions by Matthew Roth, v belov
Last updated 4 March, 2013 - 6:35am

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