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 Aspidoglossa Putzeys, 1846 Aspidoglossa Putzeys, 1846: 108. Type species: Aspidoglossa submetallica Putzeys, 1846 designated by Desmarest (1851: 102). Etymology. From the Greek aspidos (shield) and glossa (tongue), probably alluding to the shape of the glossal sclerite [feminine]. Diversity. Twenty-six species (Lorenz 2005: 146-147) in the temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere, including the West Indies. One species only is found in North America.