A new species of Bembidion (Ecuadion) from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini), with a key to members of the georgeballi species group

By

Maddison, David
Toledano, Luca

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

249

Pages

51-60

Subjects

Bembidiini , Bembidion , DNA , Morphology , systematics , taxonomy , Trechinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.249.4149

 

Abstract

A new species of ground beetle, Bembidion ricei, is described from the Andes mountains of Ecuador east of Quito. It belongs to the georgeballi species group of subgenus Ecuadion, and is most similar to B. georgeballi. A key to the species of the group is provided.