Sericoda Kirby, 1837

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 731-732

Genus Sericoda Kirby, 1837

Sericoda Kirby, 1837: 14. Type species: Sericoda bembidioides Kirby, 1837 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek sericos (silk), alluding to the silky appearance of adults ("black underneath, above black-bronze rather silky") of Sericoda bembidioides in the eyes of Kirby [feminine].

Rhytiderus Chaudoir, 1844: 470. Type species: Dromius decempunctatus Reiche, 1842 (= Sericoda bembidioides Kirby, 1837) by original designation. Etymology (original). From the Greek rhytis (wrinkle) and dere (neck, by extension pronotum), alluding to the irregular, granulate, transversely strigulate microsculpture on the pronotum, which Chaudoir believed were wrinkles (" thorax ... disco toto transverse rugis irregularibus tecto "), of the adult [masculine].

Rhytidoderus Agassiz, 1846: 327. Unjustified emendation of Rhytiderus Chaudoir, 1844.

Agonodromius Reitter, 1908: 139 (as Agnonodromius ), 239 (index). Type species: Carabus quadripunctatus DeGeer, 1774 designated by Jeannel (1942: 873). Synonymy established by Gray and Hatch (1941: 19). Etymology. From the generic names Agonum [q.v.] and Dromius [q.v.], alluding to the resemblance of these Agonum species to those of Dromius (" Dromius-aehnich ") [masculine].

Diversity.

Eight species in North America (four species, only one of them endemic), Middle America (two species, no endemism), the West Indies (one endemic Cuban species), South America (one species, no endemism), Asia (four species, three of them endemic), and Europe (two species, no endemism).

Identification.

Liebherr (1991b) revised the species. One species, Sericoda balli Schmidt, was subsequently describedfrom Pakistan.