Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 307

Genus Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830

Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830: 63. Type species: Scarites arcticus Paykull, 1798 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek mischos (peduncle) and dere (neck, by extension pronotum), alluding to the pedunculate body shape of the adults [feminine].

Leiochiton Curtis, 1831: plate 346. Type species: Scarites arcticus Paykull, 1798 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek leios (smooth) and chiton (tunic, by extension cuticle), alluding to the smooth body ("very smooth and highly polished") of the adults [masculine].

Liochiton Agassiz, 1846: 203, 212. Unjustified emendation of Leiochiton Curtis, 1831.

Diversity.

One Holarctic species in the subarctic and boreal regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1961a: 170-171) covered the species.

Taxonomic Note.

Cladistic analysis of broscine genera performed by Roig-Juñent (2000) placed this genus as the sister-group of the Holarctic genus Broscodera Lindroth.