Diplochaetus Chaudoir, 1872

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 461

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Genus Diplochaetus Chaudoir, 1872 View in CoL View at ENA

Diplochaetus Chaudoir, 1872a: 36. Type species: Pogonus rutilus Chevrolat, 1863 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek diplos (double) and chaete (hair), alluding to the presence of two setae at the apex of the glossal sclerite (" ligula medio apice setis binis approximatis instructa ") of the adult [masculine].

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with four species in the Nearctic (four species, two of them endemic) and Neotropical (two species) Regions, including the West Indies.