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 Coptodera Dejean, 1825 Coptodera Dejean, 1825: 273. Type species: Coptodera festiva Dejean, 1825 designated by Hope (1838: 85). Stenoglossa Chaudoir, 1848: 116. Type species: Stenoglossa variegata Chaudoir, 1848 (= Coptodera sallei Shpeley and Ball, 1994) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 18). Etymology. From the Greek stenos (narrow) and glossa (tongue), alluding to the narrow ligula (" ligula longissima angustissimaque ") of the adult [feminine]. Diversity. About 45 species in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Western Hemisphere arrayed in 11 species groups. Five species are found in North America. Identification. Shpeley and Ball (1994) revised the species and provided a key for their identification.