Pterostichus (Gastrosticta), Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 513-514

Subgenus Gastrosticta Casey, 1918

Gastrosticta Casey, 1918: 323, 371. Type species: Feronia ventralis Say, 1823 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek gastros (stomach, by extension abdomen) and stictos (punctured), alluding to the coarse punctures on the sides of the abdominal sterna ("conspicuous coarse punctuation of the lateral parts of the abdomen") of the adult [feminine].

Diversity.

Ten species in the temperate regions of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains.

Identification.

Bousquet (1992b) published a preliminary key to the species.