Upocompsus (Pericompsus), LeConte, 1852

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 445

Subgenus Pericompsus LeConte, 1852

Pericompsus LeConte, 1852a: 191. Type species: Bembidium ephippiatum Say, 1830 designated by LeConte (1859e: 553).

Tachysops Casey, 1918: 171. Type species: Bembidium ephippiatum Say, 1830 designated by Jeannel (1941b: 423). Etymology. From the generic name Tachys [q.v.] and the Greek suffix - ops (having the appearance of) [masculine].

Tachysalia Casey, 1918: 173. Type species: Pericompsus laetulus LeConte, 1852 by original designation. Synonymy established by Jeannel (1941b: 423).

Leiotachys Jeannel, 1962: 611, 614. Type species: Bembidium circuliforme Solier, 1849 by original designation. Synonymy established by Erwin (1974b: 5). Etymology. From the Greek leios (smooth) and the generic name Tachys [q.v.] [masculine].

Leptotachys Jeannel, 1962: 611, 615. Type species: Leptotachys pallidus Jeannel, 1962 (= Tachys univittatus Jensen-Haarup, 1910) by original designation. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1977: 399). Etymology. From the Greek leptos (thin, slender) and the generic name Tachys [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with about 45 species in the Nearctic (three species) and Neotropical (about 45 species) Regions.