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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Trechinae » Trechitae » Bembidiini » Bembidiina » Bembidion
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Ground beetle - Bembidion
Copyright © 2023 Salvador Vitanza

Ground beetle - Bembidion
Sycamore Wash, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
June 13, 2023
Size: 6 mm
UAIC-1151211
Coordinates: 31.375830, -110.756943
Elevation: 4,667 ft
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 15 June, 2023 - 9:13pm
Last updated 21 June, 2023 - 1:18am

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 21 June, 2023 - 1:18am login or register to post comments

 
That was my initial impression, but
I couldn't see the palps typical of the genus. After reading again, the following comment made by Peter W. Messer:
"The end of each maxillary appendage shows a tiny "stub". - hence "Bembidion"! Stubs captured only in lateral view."
I noticed that the third image in this series shows that character.
Thank you, Belov!
… Salvador Vitanza, 21 June, 2023 - 7:29am login or register to post comments

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