Beetle - Tetragonoderus fasciatus

Moved

Moved from Bembidion variegatum.

… Jim McClarin, 25 October, 2006 - 6:49pm

Tetragonoderus fasciatus?

Looks like a Dillon2 error? See comments from Don under

… Tim Moyer, 23 June, 2006 - 12:23pm

Right

I had (mis)identified mine from Dillons' and never got back to change this one. I'll move it where it belongs.

… Jim McClarin, 25 October, 2006 - 6:47pm

it does look similar

...also see CBIF image of Tetragonoderus fasciatus.

… Robin McLeod, 25 October, 2006 - 2:21pm

Moved to species page

for B. variegatum.

… Jim McClarin, 24 August, 2005 - 6:34pm

Carabidae: Bembidion, probably B. variegatum

Looks like Carabidae:Bembidion variegatum, Dillon and Dillon (1) plate IX #1. gives length as 3.5-4.7 mm. Says the genus likes shorelines and mudflats.

Insects of Cedar Creek (Dillon and Dillon illustration resembles your photo very closely, more so than the Cedar Creek specimen.)

NCSU collection:
http://inventory.ent.ncsu.edu/tree/dsp_species.cfm?genusName=Bembidion
large genus, 9 listed for NC, affinis, inaequale, and variegatum are the most common in the collection of the ones having North Carolina specimens. "B. affine" illustrated in D&D, plate VIII, #17, very black with light spots on edge elytra. B. americnum on same plate, also black. I don't see any images of inaequale anywhere. Web search shows entries for B. inaequalis, but no images.

B. variegatum looks highly probable, about as good as one can get without a trip to a museum.

Nice photo, a cute beetle. I'll have to watch for these on the shores of nearby Jordan Lake reservoir.

… Cotinis, 31 March, 2004 - 7:02am