Axinopalpus LeConte, 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 811

Genus Axinopalpus LeConte, 1846

Axinopalpus LeConte, 1846b: 190. Type species: Dromius biplagiatus Dejean, 1825 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek axine (ax, wedge) and the Latin palpus (feeler, by extension palp), alluding to the shape of the terminal labial palpomere (" palpi labiales ... articulo ultimo magno, obconico, subsecuriformi ") of the adult [masculine].

Variopalpis Solier, 1849: 148. Type species: Variopalpis humeralis Solier, 1849 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Reed (1874: 69-70). Etymology. From the Latin vario (change, different) and palpus (feeler, by extension palp) [masculine]. Note. Variopalpus is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Variopalpis Solier used by Reed (1874: 69).

Axinopselaphus Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 128. Unjustified emendation of Axinopalpus LeConte, 1846.

Diversity.

Fifteen species in the temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (seven species) and Neotropical (nine species) Regions.

Identification.

There is no modern taxonomic revision of the species of Axinopalpus and such study is much needed. A preliminary study of the type material of the species described by Casey and Hatch led to the three new synonyms proposed herein.