Ozaena Olivier, 1811

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 474-475

Genus Ozaena Olivier, 1811

Ozaena Olivier, 1811: 617. Type species: Ozaena dentipes Olivier, 1811 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Latin ozaena (a fetid polyp in the nose), alluding to the dis tasteful odor produced by the liquid expulsed from the mouth of the carabid adults when disturbed or from their body in general (" exprime la puanteur de la liqueur que la plupart des Carabes font sortir de leur bouche lorsqu’on les inquiète, ou celle de leur corps en général ") [feminine].

Ictinus Laporte, 1834: 53. Type species: Ictinus tenebrioides Laporte, 1834 (= Ozaena dentipes Olivier, 1811) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Laporte (1835: 144). Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek ictinos (kite) or Ictinos (the name of the Greek architect who built the Parthenon between 444-439) [masculine].

Diversity.

Twelve Neotropical species, of which one extends into southwestern United States.