Platynomicrus (Europhilus), Chaudoir, 1859

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 747

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scientific name	Platynomicrus (Europhilus)
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Subgenus Europhilus Chaudoir, 1859

Europhilus Chaudoir, 1859: 124. Type species: Anchomenus micans Nicolai, 1822 designated by Motschulsky (1865: 317). Etymology. Probably from the Greek euros (mold, decay), rather than euros (east wind), and philos (beloved) [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-nine species in the Nearctic (16 species) and Palaearctic (17 species, six of them endemic to eastern Asia) Regions. Four species are Holarctic.