Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California
A new species of the carabid beetle genus Bembidion Latreille is described from the Central Valley, Los Angeles Basin, and surrounding areas of California. Bembidion brownorum sp. nov. is a distinctive species, a relatively large member of the subgenus Notaphus Dejean, and within Notaphus a member o...
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| description | A new species of the carabid beetle genus Bembidion Latreille is described from the Central Valley, Los Angeles Basin, and surrounding areas of California. Bembidion brownorum sp. nov. is a distinctive species, a relatively large member of the subgenus Notaphus Dejean, and within Notaphus a member of the B. obtusangulum LeConte species group. It has faint spots on the elytra and a large, convex, rounded prothorax. Of the 22 specimens from 11 localities, all but one were collected more than 55 years ago. Although the collection of the holotype in 2021 at UV light suggest the species is still extant, the lack of other recent specimens suggests the species may have a more restricted distribution than in the past, and its populations may be in decline. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bf5611883e84ac98834739c204fe0f02023-03-29T08:11:03ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702023-03-0111568710610.3897/zookeys.1156.101072101072Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from CaliforniaDavid R. Maddison0John S. Sproul1Kipling Will2Oregon State UniversityUniversity of Nebraska OmahaUniversity of CaliforniaA new species of the carabid beetle genus Bembidion Latreille is described from the Central Valley, Los Angeles Basin, and surrounding areas of California. Bembidion brownorum sp. nov. is a distinctive species, a relatively large member of the subgenus Notaphus Dejean, and within Notaphus a member of the B. obtusangulum LeConte species group. It has faint spots on the elytra and a large, convex, rounded prothorax. Of the 22 specimens from 11 localities, all but one were collected more than 55 years ago. Although the collection of the holotype in 2021 at UV light suggest the species is still extant, the lack of other recent specimens suggests the species may have a more restricted distribution than in the past, and its populations may be in decline.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/101072/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | David R. Maddison John S. Sproul Kipling Will Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California ZooKeys |
| title | Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California |
| title_full | Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California |
| title_fullStr | Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California |
| title_full_unstemmed | Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California |
| title_short | Re-collected after 55 years: a new species of Bembidion (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from California |
| title_sort | re collected after 55 years a new species of bembidion coleoptera carabidae from california |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/101072/download/pdf/ |
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