Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00447
Bembidion waialeale
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About Bembidion waialeale
Bembidion waialeale has reduced flight wings.
Natural history and identification
Bembidion waialeale has reduced flight wings. The type series came from mossy ʻōhiʻa at the Waiʻaleʻale summit, around 1,515–1,530 m. Its narrowly documented summit habitat should not be generalized to all Kauaʻi forests.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. New species described from Kauaʻi; holotype from Waiʻaleʻale summit, beating mossy ʻōhiʻa.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bembidion waialeale
- Family
- Carabidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Bembidion waialeale has reduced flight wings.