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 Mexisphodrus Barr, 1965 Mexisphodrus Barr, 1965c: 65. Type species: Mexisphodrus veraecrucis Barr, 1965 by original designation. Etymology. From the English adjective mexican (of Mexico) and the generic name Sphodrus , alluding to the country where these Sphodrus -like species live [masculine]. Diversity. Eleven species in Texas (one species) and Mexico (ten species). Identification. Barr (1982a) revised the species and provided a key for their identification. Taxonomic Note. Valentine (1987) believed this genus is closely related to the genera Bryanites Valentine of Western Samoa and Prosphodrus Britton of New Zealand. He proposed the family-group name Prosphodrini to include the three genera.