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 Genus Oodinus Motschulsky, 1865 Oodinus Motschulsky, 1865: 352. Type species: Oodinus piceus Motschulsky, 1865 by monotypy. Etymology. From the generic name Oodes [ q.v .] and the Latin suffix - inus (pertaining to) [masculine]. Oodiellus Chaudoir, 1882: 322. Type species: Oodiellus mexicanus Chaudoir, 1882 (= Anatrichis alutaceus Bates, 1882) designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 202). Synonymy established with doubt by Bates (1884: 269), confirmed by Spence (1983: 568). Etymology. From the generic name Oodes [ q.v .] and the Latin suffix - ellus (small) [masculine]. Diversity. Ten species in the temperate and tropical areas of the Nearctic (two species), Neotropical, and Australian (one species in the Malay Archipelago) Regions.