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 Subgenus Stenocantharus Gistel, 1834 Stenocantharus Gistel, 1834: 1. Type species: Cychrus angusticollis Mannerheim, 1823 by monotypy. Etymology (see Gistel 1829: 1068). From the Greek stenos (narrow) and cantharos (scarab) [masculine]. Note. The name Stenocantharus was first introduced by Gistel (1829: 1068) for " Cychrus debilis Dejean," a species not available at the time. Pemphus Motschulsky, 1866: 312. Type species: Cychrus velutinus Menetries , 1843 designated by Gehin (1876b: 114). Synonymy established by Csiki (1927: 322). Diversity. Four species restricted to the Pacific coastal and western montane regions of North America. Identification. Van Dyke (1944) and Gidaspow (1973) revised the species then placed in this subgenus. Gidaspow (1973) provided a key for their identification.