Bembidion (Ocydromus) lulinense Habu, 1973

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 : 589

Bembidion (Ocydromus) lulinense Habu, 1973

Bembidion (Peryphus) lulinense Habu, 1973:110 . Bembidion (Peryphanes) lulinense: MARGGI et al. (2003) : 259; LORENZ (2005): 231. Bembidion lulinense: TERADA et al. (2005) : 170; TERADA (2006): 12.

Systematic notes. The species was described in the subgenus Peryphus Stephens, 1828 . HABU (1973) explained that the presence of endophallic sclerites protruding from the basal opening of median lobe agrees with that of Peryphanes Jeannel, 1941, but he preferred to follow UÉNO (1954) and placed the species in Peryphus . In fact the endophallus is extremely similar to Peryphanes, which seems to me as one of the best candidates to be considered as a good subgenus, among the species groups of Ocydromus s. l. In the Checklist of the Palaearctic Carabidae ( MARGGI et al. 2003) , B. lulinense is attributed to Peryphanes. Until a thorough revision of the group leads to a decision in this matter, B. lulinense is ranked here in an independent species group of Ocydromus s. l.

Distribution. Taiwan (Nantou Hsien).