Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00744
Bembidion munroi
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About Bembidion munroi
Bembidion munroi is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian.
Bembidion munroi is a native Hawaiian ground beetle confirmed on Kauaʻi in high-elevation wet forest. A 2005 Alakaʻi Swamp leaf-litter sample contained three individuals together with Bembidion admirandum.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Liebherr 2021 reports three Bembidion munroi from a 17-v-2005 Berlese extraction of leaf-litter siftate along the Alakaʻi Swamp Trail east of Kawaikoi Stream; Liebherr 2008 treats B. munroi as the accepted species and synonymizes Metrocidium brevicolle under it.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; larva; pupa; adult.
Habitat
Montane wet ʻōhiʻa forest of the Alakaʻi region; documented in sifted/Berlese-extracted leaf litter east of Kawaikoi Stream.
Food and ecological role
Predatory ground beetle; species-specific prey relationships remain to be sourced.
Reproduction
Carabid egg and larval development; species-specific oviposition and immature-stage ecology remain to be sourced.
Movement
Adult wing condition and dispersal capacity require species-specific extraction from the revision.
Ecosystem role
Native predatory litter/ground-layer beetle within high-elevation wet forest.
Monitoring
Lock current distribution beyond the documented Alakaʻi sample, exact adult reference media, and immature-stage evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bembidion munroi
- Other names
- Atelidium munroi · Metrocidium brevicolle · Bembidion munroi brevicolle · Bembidion munroi munroi
- Family
- Carabidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic Hawaiian
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Bembidion munroi is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian.