Anadaptus (Spongopus), LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 653

Subgenus Spongopus LeConte, 1847

Spongopus LeConte, 1847: 377. Type species: Spongopus verticalis LeConte, 1847 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek spongos (spongy) and pous (foot), probably alluding to the adhesive setae on the male protarsomeres giving the impression of a sponge [masculine].

Diversity.

One North American species in the temperate regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1968: 863-864) covered the species.

Taxonomic Note.

Lindroth (1968: 862) and Noonan (1973: 374) treated this taxon as a subgenus of Anisodactylus . As discussed by Bousquet and Tchang (1992: 762), larval characters suggest that Spongopus is probably not closely related to Anisodactylus and thus may be more appropriately treated as a distinct genus as done by Ball (1960b: 144).