Pericompsus LeConte, 1852

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 445

Genus Pericompsus LeConte, 1852

Pericompsus LeConte, 1852a: 191. Type species: Bembidium ephippiatum Say, 1830 designated by LeConte (1859e: 553). Etymology. From the Greek peri (very) and compsos (elegant), probably alluding to the nice color of the body of adults of the three species LeConte had before him [masculine].

Diversity.

New World, with about 70 species arrayed in three subgenera: Eidocompsus Erwin (13 Neotropical species), Pericompsus s.str. (about 45 species), and Upocompsus Erwin (nine Australian species).

Identification.

Erwin (1974b) revised the species and provided a key for their identification.