Pelmatellus Bates, 1882

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 657

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Genus Pelmatellus Bates, 1882 View in CoL View at ENA

Pelmatellus Bates, 1882a: 68. Type species: Pelmatellus nitescens Bates, 1882 designated by Goulet (1974b: 84). Etymology. Possibly from the Greek pelma (sole of the foot) and the Latin tellus (earth) [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-eight species in the Nearctic (two species) and Neotropical (28 species) Regions arrayed in three subgenera: Pelmatellopsis Perrault (17 South American species), Pelmatellus s.str. (10 species), and Thenarellus Bates (one Middle American species).