Bembidion (Ocydromus), Clairville, 1806

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 365

Subgenus Ocydromus Clairville, 1806

Ocydromus Clairville, 1806: 20. Type species: Carabus modestus Fabricius, 1801 designated by Jeannel (1941b: 481). Etymology. From the Greek ocys (swift, quick) and dromos (running), probably alluding to the fast movement of the adults in the field [masculine].

Protoperyphus Alluaud, 1926: 11, 12. Type species: Bembidion derelictum Alluaud, 1926 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek protos (first) and the generic name Peryphus [q.v.] [masculine].

Synechoperyphus Netolitzky, 1942: 48. Type species: Bembidium transsylvanicum Bielz, 1852 by original designation. Synonymy established by Schuler (1962: 2), confirmed by Belousov (in Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995: 87). Etymology. From the Greek synechos (continuous) and the generic name Peryphus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

About 40 species in the Nearctic (one Holarctic species), Palaearctic (about 30 species), and Afrotropical (nine species) Regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b: 342-343) covered the species found in North America.