A preliminary characterization of Bembidion perspicuum LeConte, with a reclassification of related species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) north of México Author Maddison, David Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States of America Author Swanson, Alexander Long Beach ,, text ZooKeys 2010 2010-04-13 43 43 15 31 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.43.390 524036ef-ebb0-4718-8a9b-1bb77b3c3709 1313–2970 576656 Bembidion sarpedon Casey 1918 Bembidion sarpedon Casey, 1918: 58 . 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 . 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 as the valid name of this species.