Tetraleucus Casey, 1920

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 734

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Tetraleucus Casey, 1920
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Genus Tetraleucus Casey, 1920 View in CoL

Tetraleucus Casey, 1920: 88. Type species: Anchomenus picticornis Newman, 1844 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek tetra (four) and leukos (white), probably alluding to the fact that the antennomeres 8-11 of the adults are white ("the last four joints [of the antenna] being very abruptly of a creamy white") [masculine].

Diversity.

One eastern North American species in the temperate regions.

Identification.

Liebherr (1991b) redescribed the species and illustrated some of its structural character states.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae