Bembidion lapponicum

Thomson, 1857

Bembidion lapponicum is a of ground beetle in the Carabidae with a Holarctic distribution. It occurs across northern regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The species was first described by Thomson in 1857 and is classified within the subgenus Bracteon of the large Bembidion.

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Bembidiina (10.3897-zookeys.662.12124) Figures 18–26 by Schmidt J, Michalik P (2017) The ground beetle genus Bembidion Latreille in Baltic amber: Review of preserved specimens and first 3D reconstruction of endophallic structures using X-ray microscopy (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini). ZooKeys 662: 101-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.662.12124. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Bembidion lapponicum: /bɛmˈbidiˌon læpˈpoʊnɪkəm/

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Distribution

Holarctic: recorded from Europe (Finland, Great Britain), Northern Asia (Kazakhstan), and North America (Canada). Excludes China.

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Taxonomic status note

GBIF lists this as accepted with authorship Zetterstedt, 1828, while Catalogue of Life and NCBI cite Thomson, 1857. This discrepancy in original description authority may reflect historical taxonomic revisions or homonym issues.

Observation scarcity

iNaturalist records only one observation for this , suggesting it is either genuinely rare, underreported, or difficult to detect in the field.