Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with an updated key to the subtribe in the Americas
Author
Boyd, Olivia F.
Author
Erwin, Terry L.
text
ZooKeys
2016
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87
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.626.10033
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.626.10033
1313-2970-626-87
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae
Genus
Pericompsus LeConte, 1851
Type species.
Bembidium ephippiatum
Say, 1834.
Diagnosis.
Mentum with paired foveae; pronotum with continuous, punctate transverse impression; basal transverse impression arcuate or lobed, forming crescent-shaped or bilobed basal section; elytron either with one to two conspicuous subhumeral fovea(e) along i8 in basal fourth or with 8 entirely punctate interneurs; elytra with or without color pattern. ABL = 1.72-3.72 mm. (
Erwin 1974a
;
Erwin et al. 2002
).
Distribution.
Australia and the Americas.