Laemostenus complanatus
Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle
As recorded: Pristonychus complanatus Dejean, 1828
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Carabidae
- Collected by
- Sherman, B.A.
- Date
- September 26, 1951
- Locality
- Kilauea Mts.; Kilauea Bird Park
- Region
- State of Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- G.A. Samuelson
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Laemostenus complanatus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-11-20.
2025-11-20
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, Hilo, HI, US
(c) soleilr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-04
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-31
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, 60 Nowelo St, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) Joe Paquin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-20
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Ashley Casey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-01-31
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Jeff Cole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-07-31
Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Laemostenus complanatus. BPBM 2005019623. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38219616. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2005019623.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38219616 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026