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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  1. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. "Bembidion ambiguum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  3. 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.
  4. Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. (1998). "The Egyptian Species of Bembidion Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt. 76.
  5. Maddison, David R.; Will, Kipling; Crews, Sarah; LaBonte, James (2018). "Bembidion ambiguum (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is established in California". Biodiversity Data Journal. Pensoft. 6 (6): e30763. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e30763. PMC 6290041. PMID 30568533.


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