Bembidion (Testedium) bipunctatum bipunctatum

Avgin, Sakine Serap, 2011, A Synopsis of the SubgenusTestedium Motschulsky, 1864 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini: Bembidion Latreille) in Turkey, with One New Country Record, The Coleopterists Bulletin 65 (1), pp. 39-42 : 39-40

Bembidion (Testedium) bipunctatum bipunctatum (L., 1761)

Carabus bipunctatus L., 1761

Elaphrus pyritosus P. Rossi, 1792

Bembidium bipunctatum var. nivale Heer, 1837 Bembidium bipunctatum ab. rufobrunneum Heer, 1838 Bembidium bipunctatum ab. sexpunctatum Heer, 1838 Bembidium rugiceps Chaudoir, 1846

Bembidium bipunctatum var. binotatum Motschulsky, 1850 [non Stephens, 1828]

Bembidion sharplaninae Korge, 1964

Material Examined. Amanos Mountains, Hatay province, Yayladağ , around the dam, 26 May 2010, 2♀ .

Distribution in Turkey. Anatolia (no specific locality) (Casale and Vigna Taglianti 1999); Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces ( Avgın 2006); Ardahan, Artvin, Bingöl, Erzurum, Kars, and Konya provinces (Kesdek and Yıldırım 2007).

World Distribution. Europe ( Marggi et al. 2003): Azerbaijan, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia: South European Territory, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia; Asia: Turkey. This range exemplifies a European chorotype.

Remarks. The specimens were collected from a gravelly, rocky stream margin by hand.