Phrypeus Casey, 1924

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 434

Genus Phrypeus Casey, 1924

Phrypeus Casey, 1924: 43. Type species: Bembidium rickseckeri Hayward, 1897 designated by Lindroth (1963b: 407). Etymology. Anagram of the generic name Peryphus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

One species in western North America.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b: 407-408) covered the species in his monograph of the Canadian and Alaskan Carabidae .

Taxonomic Note.

Molecular data analyses presented by Maddison and Ober (2011) and Maddison (2012) strongly suggest that this genus is not closely related to the other members of Bembidiina . However, its relationship is not established. Because there are no family-group name proposed for Phrypeus , the genus is left for lack of anything better in the subtribe Bembidiina .