Metacolpodes Jeannel, 1948

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 780

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scientific name	Metacolpodes Jeannel, 1948
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Genus Metacolpodes Jeannel, 1948

Metacolpodes Jeannel, 1948a: 516. Type species: Colpodes buchanani Hope, 1831 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek meta (between, among, beyond) and the generic name Colpodes [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-three species in the Palaearctic (11 Asian species) and Oriental (15 species) Regions are listed in this genus by Lorenz (2005: 423). Liebherr (2005), on the other hand, redefined cladistically the genus to include seven Pacific and Asian species. One of these species is adventive in western North America.

Identification.

The sole species present in North America is included in Hatch’s (1953: 132) monograph on the beetles of the Pacific Northwest. It is also described in length by Habu (1978: 126-128).