Bembidion (Ocydromus) terryerwini sp. nov. from Iran (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiina).

Paolo Neri,Luca Toledano

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1044.63607

Abstract

Bembidion (Ocydromus) terryerwinisp. nov. from Central Iran (Kerman and Yazd Provinces), described here, belongs to the decorum species group (Ocydromus Clairville, 1806). The new species is compared with the other taxa of this species group occurring in Iran and neighboring regions (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, South Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan).

Highlights

In unidentified material of Bembidion Latreille, 1802 collected in Iran by our colleagues David Wrase and Peer Schnitter we discovered an unknown species of the subgenus Ocydromus Clairville, 1806 belonging to the species group of decorum Zenker in Panzer, 1801 due to the unicolorous elytra and the presence of microsculpture on the pronotum
LT took the photographs with Nikon DSFi1 and Nikon DS-L2 on a Leica Z6 microscope, while Werner Marggi provided the photograph of B. sokolowskyi Fassati, 1957
We wish to warmly thank Jan Muilwijk (Bilthoven), Kamil Orszulik (Frýdek-Místek), Karel Rébl (Nové Strašecí), Peer Schnitter (Halle), Marcos Toribio (Madrid) and David Wrase (Gusow Platkow) for kindly providing for study the material in their availability, Werner Marggi (Thun) for the photo of the holotype of B. sokolowskyi, Ivo Gudenzi (Forlì) for the drawing of the spermatheca of B. terryerwini, Gabriele Fiumi (Forlì) for the software editing (Adobe Photoshop CS3) and the layout of the table, Jon Cooter (Oxford) for the linguistic revision, Thorsten Assmann (Lüneburg), Paolo Bonavita (Roma), and Riccardo Sciaky (Milano) for the final review and corrections

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Introduction

In unidentified material of Bembidion Latreille, 1802 collected in Iran by our colleagues David Wrase and Peer Schnitter we discovered an unknown species of the subgenus Ocydromus Clairville, 1806 belonging to the species group of decorum Zenker in Panzer, 1801 due to the unicolorous elytra and the presence of microsculpture on the pronotum. Schnitter” (CTVR, PN, PS); 7 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀, “N 29°32'49.6" E 57°17'56.5" / Iran, Prov, Kerman, Rayen / waterfall near Kuh-e Hazar / Bachufer-Schotterbank / 05.06.2014 2920 m / leg.

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