Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Subgenus Brachylobus Chaudoir, 1876 Brachylobus Chaudoir, 1876b: 287. Type species: Chlaenius lithophilus Say, 1823 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek brachys (short) and lobos (lobes), alluding to the markedly short lateral lobes of the mentum (" mentum vix emarginatum, lobis cum parte media confusis, nec eandem superantibus ") of the adult [masculine]. Diversity. Two species in the boreal and temperate regions of North America.