Tachyina (Pericompsus), LeConte, 1851

Boyd, Olivia F. & Erwin, Terry L., 2016, Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with an updated key to the subtribe in the Americas, ZooKeys 626, pp. 87-123 : 114

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Genus Pericompsus LeConte, 1851

Type species.

Bembidium ephippiatum Say, 1834 .

Diagnosis.

Mentum with paired foveae; pronotum with continuous, punctate transverse impression; basal transverse impression arcuate or lobed, forming crescent-shaped or bilobed basal section; elytron either with one to two conspicuous subhumeral fovea(e) along i8 in basal fourth or with 8 entirely punctate interneurs; elytra with or without color pattern. ABL = 1.72-3.72 mm. ( Erwin 1974a; Erwin et al. 2002).

Distribution.

Australia and the Americas.