Coptoderinella (Coptodera), Dejean, 1825

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 794

Subgenus Coptodera Dejean, 1825

Coptodera Dejean, 1825: 273. Type species: Coptodera festiva Dejean, 1825 designated by Hope (1838: 85).

Stenoglossa Chaudoir, 1848: 116. Type species: Stenoglossa variegata Chaudoir, 1848 (= Coptodera sallei Shpeley and Ball, 1994) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 18). Etymology. From the Greek stenos (narrow) and glossa (tongue), alluding to the narrow ligula (" ligula longissima angustissimaque ") of the adult [feminine].

Diversity.

About 45 species in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Western Hemisphere arrayed in 11 species groups. Five species are found in North America.

Identification.

Shpeley and Ball (1994) revised the species and provided a key for their identification.