Bembidion humerale Sturm, 1825
Taxonomy: Adephaga > Carabidae > Bembidion > Bembidion > Bembidion humerale
Common name:
Thorne Pin-palp
Images
Source:
Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 2.7-3.4mm
Basic colour: Shining black
Pattern colour: Pale spot behind shoulders on each elytron.
Pronotoum: As wide as long.
Leg colour: Appendages black; tibiae pale, except at base.
Basic colour: Shining black
Pattern colour: Pale spot behind shoulders on each elytron.
Pronotoum: As wide as long.
Leg colour: Appendages black; tibiae pale, except at base.
Biology
Status: Probably a relict population which has increased in numbers. Known only from Hatfield and Thorne Moors in Yorkshire. Sometimes abundant.
RDB Category: Endangered
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Moist, partly bare peat in lowland bogs.
Other notes: Frontal furrows single, hardly converging anteriorly. Elytra with seven punctured striae which are absent in apical third.
RDB Category: Endangered
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Moist, partly bare peat in lowland bogs.
Other notes: Frontal furrows single, hardly converging anteriorly. Elytra with seven punctured striae which are absent in apical third.