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Species Bembidion americanum

another Bembidion americanum - Bembidion americanum

Bembidion (Ochthedromus) americanum - Bembidion americanum

Bembidion americanum Dejean - Bembidion americanum

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 Bembidion

No Taxon (Subgenus Ochthedromus)

Species americanum (Bembidion americanum)

Explanation of Names

Bembidion americanum Dejean 1831

Size

5-6 mm

Identification

Some helpful clues include:

uniform brassy metallic luster that is not very shiny,

elytra with striae all well defined and densely punctured,

also four noticeably larger dorsal punctures.

Range

e. US & adjacent Canada (NB-FL to ON-WI-e.TX)(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by tom murray on 12 June, 2008 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 March, 2015 - 4:51pm

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