Bembidion (Peryphanes), Jeannel, 1941

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 378

Subgenus Peryphanes Jeannel, 1941

Peryphanes Jeannel, 1941b: 484. Type species: Peryphus dalmatinus Dejean, 1831 by original designation. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the generic name Peryphus [q.v.] contracted and the Greek phanos (light, bright) [feminine].

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with about 35 species in the Nearctic (seven species, one of them adventive) and Palaearctic (about 30 species) Regions. Two species ( Bembidion grapii and Bembidion yukonum ), placed in this subgenus for convenience, are Holarctic.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b) covered all but one ( Bembidion subangustatum ) of the species found in North America.