Asaphidion

Asaphidion is a Holarctic genus of ground beetle native to Europe, the Near East, North Africa, and North America.

Asaphidion
Asaphidion curtum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subtribe: Bembidiina
Genus: Asaphidion
Des Gozis, 1886
Species

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These large-eyed, diurnal species are fast-running predators believed to be specialists on springtails and other tiny, soft-bodied prey.

Distribution

Though predominantly a Palaearctic genus with one adventive exotic species in North America (A. curtum Heyden), there are two native North American species in the genus: A. alaskanum Wickham and A. yukonense Wickham. Both native taxa are Arctic in distribution, found mainly in tundra environments. The introduced A. curtum is now found in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canadian maritime provinces.

Species

Asaphidion contains the following species:[1]

  • Asaphidion alaskanum Wickham, 1919
  • Asaphidion angulicolle (A. Morawitz, 1862)
  • Asaphidion austriacum Schweiger, 1975
  • Asaphidion caraboides (Schrank, 1781)
  • Asaphidion championi Andrewes, 1924
  • Asaphidion cuprascens Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion cupreum Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion curtum (Heyden, 1870)
  • Asaphidion cyanicorne (Pandelle, 1867)
  • Asaphidion cyprium Maran, 1934
  • Asaphidion delatorrei Uyttenboogaart, 1928
  • Asaphidion domonense Minowa, 1932
  • Asaphidion fabichi Maran, 1934
  • Asaphidion festivum (Jacquelin du Val, 1851)
  • Asaphidion flavicorne (Solsky, 1874)
  • Asaphidion flavipes (Linne, 1761)
  • Asaphidion formosum Andrewes, 1935
  • Asaphidion fragile Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion ganglbaueri J. Muller, 1921
  • Asaphidion granulatum Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion griseum Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion indicum (Chaudoir, 1850)
  • Asaphidion nadjae Hartmann, 2001
  • Asaphidion nebulosum (P. Rossi, 1792)
  • Asaphidion obscurum Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion ornatum Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion pallipes (Duftschmid, 1812)
  • Asaphidion pictum (Kolenati, 1845)
  • Asaphidion rossii (Schaum, 1857)
  • Asaphidion semilucidum (Motschulsky, 1862)
  • Asaphidion stierlini (Heyden, 1880)
  • Asaphidion substriatum Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion subtile Breit, 1912
  • Asaphidion tenryuense Habu, 1954
  • Asaphidion transcaspicum (Semenov, 1889)
  • Asaphidion triste Andrewes, 1935
  • Asaphidion ussuriense Jedlicka, 1965
  • Asaphidion viride Andrewes, 1925
  • Asaphidion weiratheri Netolitzky, 1935
  • Asaphidion yukonense Wickham, 1919
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References
  1. "Asaphidion Gozis, 1886". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.


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