Bembidion virens
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Bembidion
- Trichoplataphus
- Bembidion virens
Description
Size: 4.4-5.2mm
Basic colour: Black with a metallic bronze reflection.
Pattern colour: Greenish highlights on frons and pronotal hind angles.
Pronotoum: Very shiny.
Leg colour: Appendages black, shining metallic.
Confusion species: Bembidion virens
Basic colour: Black with a metallic bronze reflection.
Pattern colour: Greenish highlights on frons and pronotal hind angles.
Pronotoum: Very shiny.
Leg colour: Appendages black, shining metallic.
Confusion species: Bembidion virens
Biology
Status: A relict population. Very scarce.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: In shingle and coarse sand by lakes and rivers.
Other notes: Microsculpture coarser on head than on the pronotum. Elytral striae complete, finely punctured basally. Abdominal sternites each with a row of fine punctures and hairs along their hind margins. Wings present.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: In shingle and coarse sand by lakes and rivers.
Other notes: Microsculpture coarser on head than on the pronotum. Elytral striae complete, finely punctured basally. Abdominal sternites each with a row of fine punctures and hairs along their hind margins. Wings present.