Bembidium (Cyclolopha), Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 386

Subgenus Cyclolopha Casey, 1918

Cyclolopha Casey, 1918: 144. Type species: Bembidium sphaeroderum Bates, 1882 designated by Erwin (1982b: 483). Etymology. From the Greek cyclos (circle) and the generic name Lopha [q.v.], alluding to the sphaerical body shape ("oblong-oval, convex body") of adults of these Lopha -like species [feminine].

Diversity.

Six Neotropical species of which three extend into southwestern North America.

Identification.

Perrault (1982a) revised the species except Bembidion jucundum Horn.