Information: Bembidion montislunae, is a new species that belongs to the subgenus Ocyturane, group "marginipenne" and is the first species discovered in the Arabian Peninsula.
Colour: head and pronotum brown, basal two thirds of elytra light brown, apical third of elytra brown with two oblique subapical yellowish spots extending from stria 3 to 8. Appendages completely yellow-orange.
Body length: 5.3 mm
Peak activity: August - September
Remarks: A new species that has only been described from a single specimen that I caught in southern Oman during the monsoons on a light trap.
Etymology: [Derivatio nominis] The name derives from the Latin translation of the Arabic name of the mountain range Jabel Al-Qamar (“mounts of the moon”). It is in genitive, meaning “of the moon’s mountains”.
Distribution: Oman (The new species is known only from its type locality)
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Sultanate of Oman 
Dhofar prov.
Jabal al Qamar
20 km N Dhalqut
(GPS) [N 16.71092° E 53.15350°] 
Altitude 1100 m a.s.l. | 28.8.2012
♂ 1x Holotype, lgt. Pavel Kučera
We added to the specimen the following label (red, printed):
Bembidion (Ocyturanes) montislunae P. Neri & L. Toledano, 2022 – Holotypus.
Our observation period: August 
Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap 
Oman
