Biology:Bembidion ambiguum

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Short description: Species of beetle

Bembidion ambiguum
Bembidion ambiguum.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Bembidion
Species:
B. ambiguum
Binomial name
Bembidion ambiguum
Dejean, 1831

Bembidion ambiguum is a species of ground beetle native to the Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa.[1][2][3] It is mainly confined to coastal salt marshes on moist clay soil.[4]

The species has been recently established in North America, around San Francisco Bay, California . It was first reported there in 2012, and is the ninth European species of the genus Bembidion to become established in North America.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13437347 entry