Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Author
Bousquet, Yves
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
bousquety1@yahoo.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Genus
Hyboptera Chaudoir, 1873
Hyboptera
Chaudoir, 1873b: 161. Type species:
Hyboptera angulicollis
Chaudoir, 1873 designated by Reichardt (1973: 48). Etymology (original). From Greek
hybos
(hump, tubercle) and
pteron
(wing, by extension elytron), alluding to the presence of linear series of tubercles on the elytra ("
elytra
...
supra seriatim tuberculata
") of the adult [feminine].
Diversity.
Seven species are known (Erwin 2004: 33) in the Neotropical Region, one of which extends into southern Texas.
Identification.
Reichardt (1973) reviewed the species then known and published a key for their identification. Subsequently, two new species were described by Erwin (2004).