Bembidium (Bembidion), Latreille, 1802

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 384

Subgenus Bembidion Latreille, 1802

Bembidion Latreille, 1802: 82. Type species: Carabus quadriguttatus Fabricius, 1775 (= Cicindela quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1760) designated by Andrewes (1935: 17).

Lopha Dejean, 1821: 17. Type species: Cicindela quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Westwood (1838: 7).

Taractus Gistel, 1856: 359. Type species: Cicindela quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Bousquet (2002b: 50). Etymology. Possibly from the Greek taractes (disturbed) [masculine].

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with 11 species in the Nearctic (six species) and Palaearctic (six species) Regions. One species ( Bembidion quadrimaculatum ) is Holarctic but with different subspecies in the Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b: 382-387) covered four of the North American species in his monograph. A revision of the Nearctic species is needed.