Halocoryza Alluaud, 1919

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 291

Genus Halocoryza Alluaud, 1919

Halocoryza Alluaud, 1919: 100. Type species: Halocoryza maindroni Alluaud, 1919 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek halos (sea) and generic name Coryza , alluding to the presence along the sea (under " de grosses pierres le long de la jetée... ces pierres sont vraisemblablement submergées à marée haute ") of adults of these Coryza -like species [feminine].

Diversity.

Four species are placed in this genus: one ( Halocoryza acapulcana Whitehead) is found on the Pacific Coast of Mexico and on the Galápagos Islands, one ( Halocoryza arenaria ) in southeastern North America, the West Indies, Brazil, and the west coast of Africa, another one ( Halocoryza maindroni Alluaud) on the east coast of Africa and several islands along the western part of the Indian Ocean, including Madagascar, and the southern part of the Red Sea, and the last one ( Halocoryza whiteheadiana Erwin) on Baja California Sur.

Identification.

Whitehead (1967) and Erwin (2011a) reviewed the species and provided keys for their identification.