Hyboptera Chaudoir, 1873

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 826

Genus Hyboptera Chaudoir, 1873

Hyboptera Chaudoir, 1873b: 161. Type species: Hyboptera angulicollis Chaudoir, 1873 designated by Reichardt (1973: 48). Etymology (original). From Greek hybos (hump, tubercle) and pteron (wing, by extension elytron), alluding to the presence of linear series of tubercles on the elytra (" elytra ... supra seriatim tuberculata ") of the adult [feminine].

Diversity.

Seven species are known (Erwin 2004: 33) in the Neotropical Region, one of which extends into southern Texas.

Identification.

Reichardt (1973) reviewed the species then known and published a key for their identification. Subsequently, two new species were described by Erwin (2004).