Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Genus Stolonis Motschulsky, 1866 Stolonis Motschulsky, 1866: 230. Type species: Stolonis notula Motschulsky, 1866 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek stolonis (shoot) [feminine]. Prostolonis Mateu, 1976: 69. Type species: Prostolonis martinezi Mateu, 1976 by original designation. Synonymy established by Allen and Ball (1980: 529). Etymology. From the Latin prefix pro - (before, in front of) and the generic name Stolonis [ q.v .] [feminine]. Diversity. Twenty species in the Neotropical Region, one of them extending into southern United States. Identification. Will (2005) provided a key for the identification of the species of this genus. Taxonomic Note. This genus-group taxon has been ranked as a subgenus of Oxycrepis Reiche by Allen and Ball (1980) but as a distinct genus by Will (2005).