Extinct or extant? A new species of intertidal Bembidiine (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
Kavanaugh, D.H.; Erwin, T.L. (1992). Extinct or extant? A new species of intertidal Bembidiine (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, California. Coleopt. Bull. 46(3): 311-320
In: The Coleopterists Bulletin. Coleopterists' Society: Washington, D.C. etc.. ISSN 0010-065X; e-ISSN 1938-4394, meer
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- Kavanaugh, D.H.
- Erwin, T.L.
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| Abstract |
A new species of bembidiine carabid beetle, Bembidion palosverdes, is described from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California (type locality: Point Vicente), based on museum specimens collected 27 years ago. This species is apparently restricted to the rocky intertidal habitat on the peninsula. It is tentatively placed in the laterale species group, with Bembidion laterale from coastal western Europe and North Africa, and is the only species of Bembidion in North America known to occur in the rocky intertidal habitat. Failure of recent efforts to find living representatives of this species at its only known localities prompts concern for its present status, as discussed in relation to pertinent conservation issues. |
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