Semiardistomis Kult, 1950

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 292

Genus Semiardistomis Kult, 1950

Semiardistomis Kult, 1950b: 301. Type species: Clivina labialis Chaudoir, 1837 by original designation. Etymology. From the Latin prefix semi - (half) and the generic name Ardistomis [q.v.] [masculine]. Note. As for Ardistomis , this name could be masculine or feminine because of its ending - is. In such case, the Commission (ICZN 1999: Article 30.1.4.2) rules that the name is to be treated as masculine unless its author, when establishing the name treated it as feminine in combination with an adjectival species-group name. Kult (1950: 301) proposed Semiardistomis as a subgenus and so did not combine it with a species-group name. However, he treated Ardistomis as masculine and Semiardistomis , contrary to Ardistomis , is masculine.

Ardistomiellus Kult, 1950b: 303. Type species: Clivina viridis Say, 1823 by original designation. Synonymy established by Whitehead (in Reichardt 1977: 392). Etymology. From the generic name Ardistomis [q.v.] and the suffix - ellus (small, little) [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty species ( Valdés 2012) restricted to the temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere, including the West Indies.