Bembidion sarpedon Casey 1918

Maddison, David & Swanson, Alexander, 2010, A preliminary characterization of Bembidion perspicuum LeConte, with a reclassification of related species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) north of México, ZooKeys 43 (43), pp. 15-31 : 27-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.43.390
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788384
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scientific name	Bembidion sarpedon Casey 1918
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Bembidion sarpedon Casey 1918 View in CoL

Bembidion sarpedon Casey, 1918: 58 View in CoL . Type locality Cañon City, Colorado. Lectotype male, designated by Lindroth (1975), in USNM (type number 36914); external structure and aedeagus examined.

Bembidion animatum Casey, 1918: 62 View in CoL . Type locality Jemez Springs, New Mexico, so restricted by Lindroth (1975). Lectotype female, designated by Lindroth (1975), in USNM (type number 36918), examined.

This species is known from northeastern Arizona, Utah, northern New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. It is characterized by a shiny, slightly more cordate pronotum than other members of the group, without notable basal punctuation, relatively flat elytral intervals, with small punctures in the elytral striae, and distinctive male genitalia. As first revisers, we choose B. sarpedon Casey View in CoL as the valid name of this species.