Stenocrepis Chaudoir, 1857

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 604

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scientific name	Stenocrepis Chaudoir, 1857
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Genus Stenocrepis Chaudoir, 1857

Stenocrepis Chaudoir, 1857: 45. Type species: Oodes cayennensis Buquet, 1835 designated by Chaudoir (1883: 488). Etymology (original). From the Greek stenos (narrow) and crepis (sole), alluding to the narrow male protarsomeres 1-3 (" tarsi in mare articulis tribus dilatatis, angustis ") [feminine].

Diversity.

About 30 species in temperate and tropical areas of the Nearctic (six species) and Neotropical Regions, including the West Indies. The species are currently arrayed in two subgenera: Stenocrepis s.str. and Stenous Chaudoir.