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Issue: Vol. 1297 No. 1: 17 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1297.1.3
Page range: 23–35
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 7

Descriptions of three new species of Bembidion Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) occurring in Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
24 Millstream Drive, Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada E3C 1X1
Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidiini Bembidion Nearctic taxonomy new species

Abstract

Three new species of Bembidion Latreille occurring in Canada are described: B. (Semicampa) nigrivestis Bousquet, sp. nov., type locality: Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley (45°15'N, 72°03'W), Quebec; B. (Eupetedromus) iridipenne Bousquet and Webster, sp. nov., type locality: Lincoln (45° 49'N, 66°35'W), New Brunswick; and B. (Neobembidion) nitidicolle Bousquet, sp. nov., type locality: Rosefield (49°05'N, 107°32'W), Saskatchewan. A new subgenus, Neobembidion Bousquet, subgen. nov. (type species: Bembidion constricticolle Hayward, 1897), is proposed for the species of the constricticolle group as defined by Lindroth. Keys are included to distinguish the new species from their North American relatives.

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