Pterostichus (Gastrosticta), Casey, 1918
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Subgenus Gastrosticta Casey, 1918 View in CoL
Gastrosticta Casey, 1918: 323, 371. Type species: Feronia ventralis Say, 1823 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek gastros (stomach, by extension abdomen) and stictos (punctured), alluding to the coarse punctures on the sides of the abdominal sterna ("conspicuous coarse punctuation of the lateral parts of the abdomen") of the adult [feminine].
Diversity.
Ten species in the temperate regions of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains.
Identification.
Bousquet (1992b) published a preliminary key to the species.
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Pterostichus (Gastrosticta)
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Gastrosticta
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Feronia ventralis
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