Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel , 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 806

Genus Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel, 1846

Microlestes Schmidt-Göbel, 1846: 41. Type species: Microlestes inconspicuus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 designated by Andrewes (1934: 201). Etymology (original). From the Greek micros (small, little) and lestes (robber, mugger) [masculine].

Blechrus Motschulsky, 1847: 219. Type species: Lebia glabrata Duftschmid, 1812 (= Carabus minutulus Goeze, 1777) designated by Desmarest (1851: 70). Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1848: 95). Etymology. From the Greek blechros (faint, gentle, slight) [masculine].

Bomius LeConte, 1851: 177. Type species: Bomius linearis LeConte, 1851 designated by Lindroth (1969a: 1048). Synonymy established by Zimmermann (in LeConte 1869b: 243). Etymology. From the Greek bomos (base, plinth, pedestal), alluding to the lobate posterior edge of the pronotum (" basi pedunculatus ") of the adult [masculine].

Diversity.

About 130 species (Lorenz 2005: 473-474) in the Nearctic (eight species), Neotropical (one species endemic to Cuba and one species in northern Mexico), Oriental, Palaearctic (about 55 species), and Afrotropical Regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1969a: 1047-1054) reviewed the Nearctic species. Since then, one new North American species ( Microlestes lindrothi ) has been described by Mateu (1995).