Stenocellus (Lipalocellus), Ball and Bousquet, 2000

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 674

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scientific name	Stenocellus (Lipalocellus)
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Subgenus Lipalocellus Ball and Bousquet, 2000

Liocellus Tschitschérine, 1901: 247 [junior homonym of Liocellus Motschulsky, 1864]. Type species: Harpalus nigrinus Dejean, 1829 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek prefix lio - (smooth) and cello (to run) [masculine].

Lipalocellus Ball and Bousquet, 2000: 94. Replacement name for Liocellus Tschitschérine, 1901. Etymology. The name was composed from an arbitrary combination of syllables [masculine].

Diversity.

Two North American species.

Identification.

Lindroth (1968: 894-898, as nigrinus group) reviewed the species.