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 Bembidion Latreille, 1802 Bembidion Latreille, 1802: 82. Type species: Carabus quadriguttatus Fabricius, 1775 (= Cicindela quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1760) designated by Andrewes (1935: 17). Lopha Dejean, 1821: 17. Type species: Cicindela quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Westwood (1838: 7). Taractus Gistel, 1856: 359. Type species: Cicindela quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Bousquet (2002b: 50). Etymology. Possibly from the Greek taractes (disturbed) [masculine]. Diversity. Northern Hemisphere, with 11 species in the Nearctic (six species) and Palaearctic (six species) Regions. One species ( Bembidion quadrimaculatum ) is Holarctic but with different subspecies in the Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions. Identification. Lindroth (1963b: 382-387) covered four of the North American species in his monograph. A revision of the Nearctic species is needed.