Psydrus LeConte, 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 471-472

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scientific name	Psydrus LeConte, 1846
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Genus Psydrus LeConte, 1846 View in CoL View at ENA

Psydrus LeConte, 1846a: 153. Type species: Psydrus piceus LeConte, 1846 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek psydros (lying) [masculine].

Monillipatrobus Hatch, 1933c: 118. Type species: Monillipatrobus punctatus Hatch, 1933 (= Psydrus piceus LeConte, 1846) by original designation. Synonymy established by Hatch (1935: 118). Etymology. From the Latin monile (necklace, string of beads, by extension moniliform) and the generic name Patrobus [q.v.], alluding to the shape of the antennae ("antenna ... with the segments ... submoniliform") of adults of the species which Hatch placed in the tribe Patrobini [masculine].

Diversity.

One North American species.

Identification.

The species was treated in Lindroth’s (1961a: 175-176) monograph.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae