Bembidion (Notaphus) brullei Gemminger and Harold 1868

• Main Authors: Larochelle, André, Zeperyphodes, Broun, Larivière, Marie-Claude
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae; Bembidion; Bembidion brullei; New Zealand; Argentina; Uruguay; Bertrand; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5190993; https://zenodo.org/record/5190993

Bembidion ( Notaphus ) brullei Gemminger and Harold, 1868 Fig. 10, 45, 75 Bembidion variegatum Brullé, 1838: 44. Type locality: Montevideo, Uruguay. Primary homonym of Bembidium variegatum Say, 1823. Other synonymy as in Larochelle and Larivière (2001: 80). Description . Body length 5.1–6.5 mm. Forebody piceous; elytra yellowish with a dark variegated color pattern; antennae and legs yellowish (antennal segments 2–11 infuscated apically). Microsculpture of head, pronotum, and elytra very strong, isodiametric or almost brick-shaped. Dull, with metallic lustre (bronze, greenish). Thorax . Pronotum: sides moderately rounded anteriorly, moderately sinuate posteriorly; posterolateral angles rectangular, sharp at tip; laterobasal foveae moderately deep, flat and square, moderately long, reaching basal margin. Elytra . Sides subparallel. Scutellar striole consisting of a row of punctures. Striae complete, shallow, finely punctate; stria 7 strong, finely punctate. Apical striole shallow, connected to stria 7. Aedeagus . Lateral view (Fig. 45): moderately arcuate; base slightly convex dorsally; middle wide, subparallel; apex subtriangular, mostly straight dorsally, with extreme tip wide and short. Material examined . 51 specimens (NZAC). Geographic distribution (Fig. 75). North Island: AK, BP, GB, HB, ND, WA, WI, WN. South Island: DN, KA, MB, MC, NN. Offshore Islands: AU. Extralimital range: Uruguay, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Australia (mainland), Lord Howe Island. Adventive. First New Zealand records: Auckland, AK, 1959 (NZAC); Auckland Islands, AU (Jeannel, 1962: 621). Well established. Ecology . Coastal lowland. Epigean. Salt flats; banks of lagoons and estuarine streams. Open ground; wet, sandy, loamy or muddy, bare or sparsely vegetated soil. Nocturnal; hides during the day under vegetal debris, stones, at the base of plants, and in soil crevices. Gregarious. Biology . Seasonality: December–May. Tenerals: September–October, December–January, March. Defence mechanism: when alarmed, the adult escapes by running or flying. Dispersal power . Macropterous, capable of flight. Occasional flier to artificial lights at night. Moderate runner. Vagility strongly favoured by flight capacity. Collecting techniques . Turning debris and stones; pouring water over the ground; treading the soil with the feet. Reference . Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 80 (catalogue; biology, dispersal power, ecology, geographic distribution, references). Remark . Lindroth (1976) recorded only four localities for this species; it is now known from many localities across the North Island, the South Island, and the subantarctic Auckland Islands. : Published as part of Larochelle, André, Zeperyphodes, Broun & Larivière, Marie-Claude, 2015, Synopsis of the genus Bembidion Latreille in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), pp. 1-78 in Insecta Mundi 2015 (415) on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5181756 : {"references": ["Gemminger, M., and E. von Harold. 1868. Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tomus I. Cicindelidae - Carabidae. Gummi; Monachii. XXXVI, 424 p. (+ 8 unnumbered pages and index).", "Brulle, G. A. 1838. Insectes de l'Amerique meridionale recueillis par Alcide d'Orbigny. In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amerique meridionale. Volume 2, Partie 2. Bertrand; Paris. 222 p. [1 - 16 (1837), 17 - 56 (1838), 57 - 88 (1842), 89 - 104 (1844), 105 - 222 (1846)]", "Say, T. L. 1823. Descriptions of insects of the families Carabici and Hydrocanthari of Latreille, inhabiting North America. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) 2 (1825): 1 - 109.", "Larochelle, A., and M. - C. Lariviere. 2001. Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand 43: 1 - 281.", "Jeannel, R. 1962. Les trechides de la Paleantarctide occidentale. p. 527 - 655 In: C. Delamare Deboutteville and E. Rapoport. (eds.). Biologie de l'Amerique australe. Volume I. Etudes sur la faune du sol. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Paris. 657 p.", "Lindroth, C. H. 1976. Genus Bembidion Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in New Zealand: a revision. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3: 161 - 198."]}