Bembidion testaceum

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Bembidion testaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Bembidion
Species:
B. testaceum
Binomial name
Bembidion testaceum
(Duftschmid, 1812)

Bembidion testaceum (also known as river shingle beetle)[1] is a small, fast-moving water beetle in the Trechinae subfamily that can be found in Austria, Benelux, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and all states of former Yugoslavia.[2]

The species is brown coloured and have a length of 4.5–5.5 millimetres (0.18–0.22 in). The distinctive feature of this kind of species is that it has a dark head and pronotum which has a greenish outline. The wing cases are brownish-red and have almost no reddish spots on them.[1]

Habitat and ecology

The species can be found on sand and gravel, usually by sea side.[1]

Threat status

Conservation

References

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