Diplous Motschulsky, 1850

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 463

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Genus Diplous Motschulsky, 1850 View in CoL View at ENA

Diplous Motschulsky, 1850a: x. Type species: Patrobus sibiricus Motschulsky, 1844 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek diplous (double), possibly alluding to the emarginate mentum tooth (" mentum dente medio bicuspi ") of the adult [masculine].

Distribution.

Twenty-three species (Lorenz 2005: 241-242) in the Nearctic (four species) and Palaearctic (19 species in Asia only) Regions arrayed in two subgenera: Diplous s.str. (17 species) and Platidius (six species).