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    Bembidion testaceum is a small, brown beetle that lives in gravel and sand near water in parts of Europe. It is 4.5-5.5 millimeters long and has a dark head and pronotum with greenish outlines. While once common in parts of the UK, it is now considered nationally scarce due to habitat loss from flooding and invasion of Himalayan balsam. Conservation efforts aim to protect its habitat under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

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    Bembidion testaceum is a small, brown beetle that lives in gravel and sand near water in parts of Europe. It is 4.5-5.5 millimeters long and has a dark head and pronotum with greenish outlines. While once common in parts of the UK, it is now considered nationally scarce due to habitat loss from flooding and invasion of Himalayan balsam. Conservation efforts aim to protect its habitat under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

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    Bembidion testaceum is a small, brown beetle that lives in gravel and sand near water in parts of Europe. It is 4.5-5.5 millimeters long and has a dark head and pronotum with greenish outlines. While once common in parts of the UK, it is now considered nationally scarce due to habitat loss from flooding and invasion of Himalayan balsam. Conservation efforts aim to protect its habitat under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

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    Bembidion testaceum

    Bembidion testaceum
    Bembidion testaceum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae

    Subfamily: Trechinae Genus: Species: Bembidion B. testaceum

    Binomial name Bembidion testaceum (Duftschmid, 1812) Bembidion testaceum (also known as river shingle beetle) is a small, fast-moving water beetle in the Trechinae subfamily that can be found in Austria, Benelux, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and all states of former Yugoslavia.

    Description
    The species is brown coloured and have a length of 4.55.5 millimetres (0.180.22in). The distinctive feature of this kind of species is that it have a dark head and pronotum, which have greenish outline. The wing cases are brownish-red and have almost no reddish spots on them.

    Habitat and ecology


    The species can be found on sand and gravel, usually by sea side.

    Threat status
    The species is considered to be Nationally Scarce in Great Britain. It used to be common in England, Wales and southern Scotland.

    Conservation
    Due to its decline in Great Britain the species therefore are protected by UK Biodiversity Action Plan. The decline happen to be from habitat loss which is due to the invasion of Himalayan Balsam and floods.

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    Bembidion testaceum Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=566944161 Contributors: John of Reading, Mishae

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