Bembidion (Ocydromus) peleum Jedlička, 1933

Toledano, Luca, 2009, Notes on the Bembidiina of Taiwan with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 577-598 : 590-592

Bembidion (Ocydromus) peleum Jedlička, 1933

( Figs. 15 , 27 )

Bembidion (Peryphus) peleum Jedlička, 1933: 98 . Bembidion (Peryphus) peleum: JEDLIČKA (1965) : 145. Bembidion (Ocydromus) peleum: TOLEDANO (2000) : 42, 67; TOLEDANO (2008a): 21; TOLEDANO (2008c): 99. Bembidion (Asioperyphus) peleum: MARGGI et al. (2003) : 244; LORENZ (1998): 215; LORENZ (2005): 231. Bembidion nanpingense Kirschenhofer, 1984: 67 .

Material examined. TAIWAN: Hsiashuangchi, near Fulung, Taipei Hsien, 14.iii.2002, Terada lgt., 4 JJ 4 ♀♀ ( KTHJ, CTVR).

Type ( China, Sichuan) seen ( NMPC).

Systematic notes. The Taiwanese specimens recorded here are identical with the Chinese specimens of B. peleum , including details of the endophallus, except a slightly angulate ventral surface of the apex of the aedeagus ( Fig. 27 ). I refrain from describing here a new taxon based on this difference and I prefer to regard it as population-level characteristics. Bembidion peleum is moreover identical in all morphological characters to B. gotoense Habu, 1973 from Japan (K. Terada, pers. comm.). Both species might be synonymous, even though I am unable to state it with certainty since I have seen only an immature male specimen ( CTVR) but not the type of B. gotoense .

Distribution. Known from several localities in China ( JEDLIČKA 1965, TOLEDANO 2000) and northern Taiwan. First record from Taiwan.

Figures

Figs. 13–16. Bembidion and Sinechostictus spp., habitus. 13 – B. (Ocydromus) chloreum Bates, 1873, specimen from Taiwan; 14 – B. (Ocydromus) shunichii Habu, 1973; 15 – B. (Ocydromus) peleum Jedlička, 1933, specimen from Taiwan; 16 – S. (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji Jedlička, 1951.

Figs. 17–28. Bembidion and Sinechostictus spp., median lobe of the aedeagus. 17 – B. (Desarmatocillenus) foochowense Lindroth, 1980; 18 – B. (Odontium) fusiforme Netolitzky, 1914; 19 – B. (Plataphus) takasagonis Habu, 1973; 20 – B. (Blepharoplataphus) teradai sp. nov., holotype; 21 – B. (Trichoplataphus) miwai Jedlička, 1946; 22 – B. (Trichoplataphus) taiwanum Netolitzky, 1939; 23 – B. (Trichoplataphus) jelineki sp. nov., holotype; 24 – B. (Trichoplataphus) seijii sp. nov., holotype; 25 – B. (Ocydromus) chloreum Bates, 1873, specimen from Taiwan; 26 – B. (Ocydromus) shunichii Habu, 1973; 27 – B. (Ocydromus) peleum Jedlička, 1933, specimen from Taiwan; 28 – S. (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji Jedlička, 1951.