Mochtherus Schmidt-Goebel , 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 792

Genus Mochtherus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846

Mochtherus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846: 76. Type species: Mochtherus angulatus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 (= Dromius tetraspilotus Macleay, 1825) designated by Andrewes (1938: 136). Etymology (original). From the Greek mochtheros (toiling, suffering, wretched, by extension cheaply, stunted) [masculine].

Cyrtopterus Motschulsky, 1861: 106. Type species: Cyrtopterus quadrinotatus Motschulsky, 1861 (= Dromius tetraspilotus Macleay, 1825) designated by Habu (1967: 103). Etymology. From the Greek cyrtos (curved) and pteron (wing, by extension elytron) [masculine].

Diversity.

Nine species (Lorenz 2005: 460) in the Palaearctic (eastern Asia only), Oriental, and Australian Regions, with one of them adventive in Florida.

Identification.

The character states of the sole species found in North America are described in detail by Habu (1967: 104-105) under the name Dolichoctis tetraspilotus .

Taxonomic Note.

Habu (1967: 100) treated this taxon as a subgenus of Dolichoctis Schmidt-Göbel.