
Blackburnia
As recorded: Blackburnia Sharp, 1878
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Carabidae
- Collected by
- Kusche, J.A.
- Date
- April 14, 1920
- Locality
- near Waialae Falls
- Region
- State of Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Liebherr & ZimmermanJ.K. Liebherr →Elwood Curtin Zimmerman →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On April 14, 1920, Kusche, J.A. also collected 14 other specimens.
Blackburnia observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1920. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 58 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-15.

2026-09-15
Lahaina
(c) Bri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-04
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved

2026-08-04
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved

2026-05-20
Hawaii, US
(c) rokkenolan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-20
Hawaii, US
(c) rokkenolan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-31
Island of Hawaiʻi, Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Christie Ritter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Blackburnia. BPBM 2005000310. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35482094. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2005000310.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35482094 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
