UK Beetle Recording

Bembidion testaceum

UKBAP Species

Yes

Size

4.5-5.5mm

Basic colour

Shiny black with a strong metallic green reflection.

Pattern colour

Elytra almost uniformly reddish brown with just a suggestion of a paler sub-apical mark, and a darker area around the scutellum and along the suture.

Leg colour

Brown.

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Taxonomy

Adephaga
Carabidae
Bembidion
Ocydromus
Bembidion stephensii

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Adephaga
Carabidae
Bembidion
Ocydromus
Bembidion tetracolum

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Adephaga
Carabidae
Bembidion
Notaphus
Bembidion varium

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Adephaga
Carabidae
Bembidion
Sinechostictus
Bembidion stomoides

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Adephaga
Carabidae
Bembidion
Bembidionetolitzkya
Bembidion tibiale

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Adephaga
Carabidae
Bembidion
Ocydromus
Bembidion testaceum

Common name

Pale Pin-palp

Description

Size: 4.5-5.5mm
Basic colour: Shiny black with a strong metallic green reflection.
Pattern colour: Elytra almost uniformly reddish brown with just a suggestion of a paler sub-apical mark, and a darker area around the scutellum and along the suture.
Pronotoum: Narrow compared to elytra, side borders very narrow, not reaching front angles, hind angles hardly protruding, base not punctured.
Leg colour: Brown.
Confusion species: Bembidion decorum
, Confusion species: Bembidion fluviatile

UK Priority Species data collation Bembidion testaceum

Biology

Status: Very scarce. Extremely local in England and south Wales.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly river banks by slow moving water.
Other notes: Elytra very long, with six well-developed striae and convex intervals, seventh stria sometimes pertly developed.