Bembidion ambiguum
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]
| Bembidion ambiguum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Bembidion |
| Species: | B. ambiguum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bembidion ambiguum Dejean, 1831 | |
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
- "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- "Bembidion ambiguum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys. Pensoft. 245: 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. (1998). "The Egyptian Species of Bembidion Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". Bulletin of the entomological Society of Egypt. 76.
- Maddison, David R.; Will, Kipling; Crews, Sarah; LaBonte, James (2018). "Bembidion ambiguum (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is established in California". Biodiversity Data Journal. Pensoft. 6. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e30763.
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