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 Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830 Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830: 63. Type species: Scarites arcticus Paykull, 1798 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek mischos (peduncle) and dere (neck, by extension pronotum), alluding to the pedunculate body shape of the adults [feminine]. Leiochiton Curtis, 1831: plate 346. Type species: Scarites arcticus Paykull, 1798 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek leios (smooth) and chiton (tunic, by extension cuticle), alluding to the smooth body ("very smooth and highly polished") of the adults [masculine]. Liochiton Agassiz, 1846: 203, 212. Unjustified emendation of Leiochiton Curtis, 1831. Diversity. One Holarctic species in the subarctic and boreal regions. Identification. Lindroth (1961a: 170-171) covered the species. Taxonomic Note. Cladistic analysis of broscine genera performed by Roig-Junent (2000) placed this genus as the sister-group of the Holarctic genus Broscodera Lindroth.