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 Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883 Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883b: 70. Type species: Cicindela hirtilabris LeConte, 1875 designated by Horn (1915: 236). Etymology. From the Latin ellipsis (lack, defect) and the Greek pteron (wing) [feminine]. Diversity. Thirteen North American species (27 species-group taxa), of which five extend into Mexico, as far south as the state of Yucatan, and one into the Bahamas and Cuba.