Bembidion (Liocosmius), Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 430-431

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Bembidion (Liocosmius)
status

 

Subgenus Liocosmius Casey, 1918

Liocosmius Casey, 1918: 43. Type species: Ochthedromus mundus LeConte, 1852 designated by Lindroth (1963b: 343). Etymology. From the Greek leios (smooth) and cosmos (ornament, decoration), probably alluding to the polished surface ("highly polished throughout") of the adults [masculine].

Diversity.

Three western North American species.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b: 343-345) treated two species ( Bembidion mundum and Bembidion horni ) and listed the other one, based on the original description alone, as synonym of Bembidion mundum . Later he rectified the synonymy (Lindroth 1969a: 1115).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Bembidion

Loc

Bembidion (Liocosmius)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Liocosmius

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Ochthedromus mundus

LeConte 1852
1852