Blackburnia (Blackburnia) godzilla Liebherr and Porch 2015 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: J. K. Liebherr and N. Porch. 2015. Reassembling a lost lowland carabid beetle assemblage (Coleoptera) from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Invertebrate Systematics 29:191-213

Belongs to Blackburnia (Blackburnia) according to J. K. Liebherr and N. Porch 2015

Sister taxa: Blackburnia (Blackburnia) aterrima, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) bryophila, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) burneyi, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) cryptipes, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) menehune, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) mothra, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) ovata, Blackburnia (Blackburnia) rugosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Makauwahi Cave, NW Excavation Pit, which is in a Holocene lacustrine peat in Hawaii

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Makauwahi Cave, NW Excavation Pit

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