Platynus (Trapezodera), Casey, 1920
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Subgenus Trapezodera Casey, 1920
Trapezodera Casey, 1920: 19. Type species: Colpodes aeneicauda Bates, 1891 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek trapezion (an irregular four-shaped figure, by extension trapezoid) and dere (neck, by extension pronotum), alluding to the shape of the pronotum ("trapezoidal outline of the prothorax") of the adult [feminine].
Diversity.
Four species are assigned to this subgenus, one from southwestern United States and three from Mexico (Liebherr and Will 1996: 316).
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Platynus (Trapezodera)
Bousquet, Yves 2012 |
Trapezodera
Casey 1920 |
Colpodes aeneicauda
Bates 1891 |