Bembidion ricei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Trechinae
Tribus: Bembidiini
Genus: Bembidion
Species: Bembidion ricei

Name

• Bembidion ricei Maddison & Toledano, 2012: 53

Holotype: Specimen to be deposited at QCAZ; temporarily in OSAC. Adult male.

Type locality: ECUADOR: Napo: Rio Chalpi Grande, 2800m, 0.3645°S, 78.0852°W; 26.x.2010. DRM 10.159. W.P. & D.R. Maddison, M. Reyes.

Etymology: "It gives us great pleasure to name this species after the late Harold Edward Rice, a passionate butterfly collector and active member of the Pacific Northwest lepidopterist community, and friend to the senior author."

References

• Maddison, D.R.; Toledano, L. 2012: A new species of Bembidion (Ecuadion) from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini), with a key to members of the georgeballi species group. ZooKeys 249: 51–60. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.249.4149 Reference page.  [original description: p. 53]