Bembidion quadrimaculatum (Linnaeus) (Carabidae) new toIreland

摘要

A single specimen was captured using a 'vortis' suction sampler in a field margin on theJohnstown Castle estate on 11 August 2009 (T018159). The species is widespread in Britainand Europe occurring commonly in fields and gardens on open dry soils (Luff, 2007). Thisspecies has not previously been recorded in Ireland. The collection site in Co. Wexford is apasture field margin recently sown with grass and flower seed mixtures imported fromEngland. There is a slight possibility that it could have been imported with seed but thisseems unlikely. The species may simply have been overlooked in Ireland, possibly restrictedto wanner parts of the southeast, or it may well be a recent colonist. However it arrived inIreland, the beetle is now in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.