Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00745
Bembidion spurcum
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About Bembidion spurcum
Bembidion spurcum is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian.
Bembidion spurcum is a Hawaiian-endemic ground beetle documented from Kauaʻi in the modern taxonomic revision of Hawaiian Bembidion. The species was formerly placed in Gnatholymnaeum/Nesolymnaeum.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Liebherr 2008 formally transfers the Hawaiian taxon from Gnatholymnaeum to Bembidion and its Kauaʻi distribution figure includes B. spurcum records co-plotted with B. ignicola.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; larva; pupa; adult.
Food and ecological role
Predatory ground beetle; species-specific prey relationships remain to be sourced.
Reproduction
Carabid egg and larval development; species-specific oviposition and immature-stage ecology remain to be sourced.
Movement
Adult wing condition and dispersal capacity require species-specific extraction from the revision.
Ecosystem role
Native Hawaiian predatory ground beetle associated with wet/riparian environments in the Hawaiian radiation.
Monitoring
Verify current Kauaʻi persistence, extract exact Kauaʻi localities/microhabitats, and lock adult reference media/license.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bembidion spurcum
- Other names
- Gnatholymnaeum spurcum · Nesolymnaeum spurcum
- Family
- Carabidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historic + taxonomically documented; current occurrence to verify
- Origin
- Endemic Hawaiian
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Bembidion spurcum is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian.