
Blackburnia
As recorded: Blackburnia Sharp, 1878
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Carabidae
- Collected by
- Swezey, O.H.
- Date
- September 22, 1918
- Locality
- Mauna Kea; Kaiwiki
- Region
- State of Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Liebherr & ZimmermanJ.K. Liebherr →Elwood Curtin Zimmerman →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 22, 1918, Swezey, O.H. also collected 10 other specimens.
Blackburnia observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1918. 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 2005004148. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35492320. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2005004148.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35492320 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
