Bembidion (Peryphus) femoratum caucasicola Netolitzky, 1918

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

Bembidion (Peryphus) femoratum caucasicola Netolitzky, 1918

Body Length. Male: 4.5 mm.

Material Examined. Hatay-Belen-Müftüler (Dereboyu): 21.V.2009, 1♂, 1♀; Hatay-Dörtyol- Kuzuculu-Deliçay: 06.VI.2008, 1♂.

Published Records from Turkey. Kahramanmaraş ( Avgın 2006); Adana, Amasya, Giresun, Gümüşhane (Avgın and Nodmar 2009) .

Distribution. Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Caucasus, Talysh, Georgia, Russia (South European Territory), and Turkey (Gueorguiev and Gueorguiev 1995; Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995; Löbl and Smetana 2003). SW-Asiatic chorotype.

Remarks. According to Casale and Vigna (1999) and Lorenz (2005) B. femoratum caucasicola is a synonym of the nominotypical form, but according to Löbl and Smetana (2003) it is a valid subspecies. Specimens were collected from underneath stones along a river shore.