Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) tarsicus Peyron, 1858

Avgin, Sakine Serap, 2014, Notes on the Bembidiina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) from the Amanos Mountains, Turkey, The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (1), pp. 131-138 : 131-138

Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) tarsicus Peyron, 1858

Body Length. Female: 4 mm.

Material Examined. Hatay-Dörtyol-Kuzdere- Deliçay: 03.VI.2010, 2 females

Published Records from Turkey. Anatolia (no locality) ( Casale and Vigna Taglianti 1999); TR, vil. Izmir, Izmir envir., 13.VII.1975 ; Adana, Nurdagi Gec. , 3. VI.1981 ; village Canakkale, Ayvacik , 1.VIII. 1967 ; village Gümüshane, envir. Kale , edges river 1280 m, 8. V.1987 ; Maçka , Trabzon 750 m, 18.VII. 1971 ; village Trabzon, Tirebolu , VII.1973 ; village Giresun, Tirebolu , 14.VII.1971 ; Bolu, Konuralp , 14. VI.1973 (Bonavita and Vigna Taglianti 2008) .

Distribution. Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Slovenia, Russia (South European Territory), Switzerland, “ Yugoslavia ”, Iran, Israel, Turkey (Löbl and Smetana 2003). South-European (SEU) chorotype with eastern tendency, extended to Anatolia, Caucasus, and to the Iranian and Palaestinian region (Bonavita and Vigna Taglianti 2008),

Remarks. Specimens were collected from underneath stones along a river shore.

According to their distribution, species of Bembidion and Sinechostictus from the study area can be divided among six chorotype groups. One taxon ( B. ispartanum ispartanum ) is in the Armeno-E-Anatolian chorotype. Two taxa ( B. siculum smyrnense and B. praeustum praeustum ) are of the Mediterranean chorotype. Three taxa ( B. vseteckai adanae , B. castaneipenne , and B. grandipenne freyi ) belong to the E-Mediterranean chorotype. One taxon ( B. bipunctatum ) his in the a European, Central Asian, Siberian chorotype. One taxon ( S. tarsicus ) pertains to the S-European chorotype. Nine taxa ( B. testaceum brevius , B. dalmatinum haupti , B. lacrimans , B. cruciatum bualei , B. distinguendum meyeri , B. femoratum caucasicola , B. persicum , B. subcostatum , and B. capito ) fall in the SW- Asiatic chorotype. The majority (52.9%) of Bembidiina in the Amanos Mountains thus belong in thee the SW-Asiatic chorotype. The geographic distribution of Turkish species is important for future biodiversity and zoogeographic studies. In particular, the negative effect created by the destruction of the environment can only be understood if we have knowledge of the species present.