Xestonotus LeConte, 1853

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 640

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scientific name	Xestonotus LeConte, 1853
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Genus Xestonotus LeConte, 1853 View in CoL

Xestonotus LeConte, 1853c: 383. Type species: Selenophorus lugubris Dejean, 1829 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek xestos (smoothed, polished) and notos (back, by extension dorsum) [masculine].

Diversity.

One North American species in the temperate regions.

Identification.

The species is included in Lindroth’s (1968: 864) monograph.

Taxonomic Note.

Lindroth (1968: 864) regarded this taxon as a subgenus of Anisodactylus while Noonan (1973: 347) treated it as a valid genus. As discussed by Bousquet and Tchang (1992: 760), larval characters support Noonan’s view.