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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Trechinae » Bembidiini » Bembidiina » Bembidion » Subgenus Furcacampa (Bembidion Subgenus Furcacampa) » versicolor group (Bembidion versicolor group) » Bembidion impotens

Species Bembidion impotens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
#400 - Bembidion impotens Carabid - Bembidion impotens Carabid - Bembidion impotens Small vernal pool Carabid - Bembidion impotens Bembidion impotens ref photo for peter Messer - Bembidion impotens Ground Beetle - Subgenus Furcacampa - Bembidion impotens Ground Beetle - Subgenus Furcacampa - Bembidion impotens
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 Furcacampa)
No Taxon (versicolor group)
Species impotens (Bembidion impotens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Emphanes flavopictus Motschulsky 1858 —see (1)
Explanation of Names
Bembidion impotens Casey 1918
impotens 'powerless'
Size
2.9‒3.5 mm(2)
Identification
Entire dorsum very shiny due to lack of microsculpture
Range
across NA (NB‒BC to FL‒CA, Mexico)(1)
Habitat
Hygrophilous, confined to wet low-elevation habitats with running or standing water(2)
Internet References
Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountains(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by tom murray on 3 August, 2008 - 9:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 September, 2023 - 9:14pm

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