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 Tecnophilus Chaudoir, 1877 Tecnophilus Chaudoir, 1877: 239. Type species: Calleida croceicollis Menetries , 1843 designated by Larson (1969: 44). Etymology. Anagram of the generic name Philotecnus , derived from the Greek tecnon (child, young) and philos (beloved), although Chaudoir was aware that there was no data suggesting that adults of these species care for their young (" quoique l'amour de ces insectes pour leur progeniture ne soit rien moins que prouve ") [masculine]. Diversity. Two Nearctic species, one of them extending into northern Mexico. Identification. Larson (1969) revised the species.