Pterostichus (Pseudoferonina), Ball, 1965

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 512

Subgenus Pseudoferonina Ball, 1965

Pseudoferonina Ball, 1965: 107. Type species: Pterostichus lanei Van Dyke, 1926 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek pseudos (fallacy, lie) and the generic name Feronina [q.v.] [feminine].

Melvilleus Ball, 1965: 110. Type species: Platysma shulli Hatch, 1949 by original designation. Synonymy established by Bousquet (1985a: 254). Etymology. From the first name of Melville Hatch (see Scaphinotus hatchi ) [masculine].

Diversity.

Nine species in the Pacific Northwest.

Identification.

Bousquet (1985a) wrote a key for the identification of the species. Three new species were described subsequently (Bousquet 1992b; Bergdahl and Kavanaugh 2011).