Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Beetles (Coleoptera)
»
Adephaga
»
Ground Beetles (Carabidae)
»
Trechinae
»
Bembidiini
»
Bembidiina
»
Asaphidion
»
Asaphidion curtum
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