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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Genus
Lophoglossus LeConte, 1853
Lophoglossus
LeConte, 1853a: 248. Type species:
Feronia tartarica
Say, 1823 designated by Casey (1918: 324). Etymology. From the Greek
lophos
(crest) and
glossa
(tongue), alluding to the carinate glossal sclerite ("
ligula carinata
") of the adult [masculine].
Diversity.
Six species in the temperate regions of eastern North America.
Identification.
Will (1999) reviewed the species and provided a key for their identification.