Selenophorus (Celiamorphus), Casey, 1914

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 711

Subgenus Celiamorphus Casey, 1914

Celiamorphus Casey, 1914: 141. Type species: Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean, 1829 designated by Lindroth (1968: 828). Etymology. From the generic name Celia [q.v.] and the Greek morphe (form), probably alluding to a vague resemblance of adults of the species Casey had before him to those of Celia [masculine].

Diversity.

Fourteen species in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (nine species) and Neotropical (eight species) Regions.