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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Subgenus
Loxopeza Chaudoir, 1871
Loxopeza
Chaudoir, 1871a: 117, 138. Type species:
Lebia grandis
Hentz, 1830 designated by Madge (1967: 153). Etymology (original). From Greek
loxos
(slanting,
by
extension oblique) and
peza
(foot), alluding to the oblique anterior edge of the male first three protarsomeres ("
tarsi antici maris articulis tribus apice valde oblique truncatis
") [feminine].
Diversity.
Twenty-five species in the Nearctic (eight species) and Neotropical (18 species) Regions.