Tecnophilus Chaudoir, 1877

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 827

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Genus Tecnophilus Chaudoir, 1877 View in CoL View at ENA

Tecnophilus Chaudoir, 1877: 239. Type species: Calleida croceicollis Ménétriés, 1843 designated by Larson (1969: 44). Etymology. Anagram of the generic name Philotecnus , derived from the Greek tecnon (child, young) and philos (beloved), although Chaudoir was aware that there was no data suggesting that adults of these species care for their young (" quoique l’amour de ces insectes pour leur progéniture ne soit rien moins que prouvé ") [masculine].

Diversity.

Two Nearctic species, one of them extending into northern Mexico.

Identification.

Larson (1969) revised the species.