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Bembidion equatoriale Van Dyke, 1953

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Predator on ground dwelling invertebrates; arid, transition, evergreen shrub, mostly pampa zone; January-June; hygrophile, in moist open habitats, mostly at higher elevations; at lights, in litter.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Adephaga

Family
Carabidae

Section
Bembidiini

Genus
Bembidion

Species
equatoriale

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Española, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago

References

  • Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.P. (1988) Carabid Beetles of Galápagos. Unpublished Manuscript.
  • Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1989) Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabid beetles of Galápagos (Ecuador). Entomologie 58: 55-65.
  • Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1990) Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Galápagos (Ecuador) collected during the Belgian 1988-expedition. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Entomologie 60: 49-54.
  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
  • Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.

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