Bembicidium (Plataphus), Motschulsky, 1864

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 415

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scientific name

Bembicidium (Plataphus)
status

 

Subgenus Plataphus Motschulsky, 1864

Plataphus Motschulsky, 1864: 184. Type species: Elaphrus prasinus Duftschmid, 1812 designated by Jeannel (1941b: 532). Etymology. From the Greek platys (flat) and phos (light, by extension appearance), alluding to the flat body (" corps très déprimé ") of the adult [masculine]. Note. Concerning the type species designation, see Bousquet (2002b: 40).

Plataphodes Ganglbauer, 1891a: 152. Type species: Peryphus fellmanni Mannerheim, 1823 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Maddison (2012: 569). Etymology. From the generic name Plataphus [q.v.] and the Greek suffix - odes (likeness), alluding to the resemblance of the species to those of Plataphus [masculine].

Micromelomalus Casey, 1918: 37. Type species: Bembidium planiusculum Mannerheim, 1843 designated by Netolitzky (1943b: 61). Synonymy established by Netolitzky (1943b: 61). Etymology. From the Greek micros (small, little) and the generic name Melomalus [q.v.] [masculine].

Trachelonepha Casey, 1918: 37. Type species: Bembidium falsum Blaisdell, 1902 designated by Lindroth (1963b: 283). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1963b: 283). Etymology. From the Greek trachelos (neck, by extension pronotum) and the generic name Nepha [feminine].

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with about 75 species in the Nearctic (36 species) and Palaearctic (45 species) Regions. Only two species ( Bembidion hyperboraeorum and Bembidion prasinum Duftschmid) occur in Europe. Seven species are Holarctic, some of them represented by different subspecies in the Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b: 268-297, as simplex, kuprianovii, incertum, and planiusculum groups) covered all the species found in North America except Bembidion falsum , Bembidion oppressum , Bembidion vandykei , and Bembidion placeranum . Subsequently to Lindroth’s (1963b) work, the names of five species were changed because of homonymy or synonymy: Bembidion flebile for Bembidion curtulatum , Bembidion lenense for Bembidion sulcipenne , Bembidion coerulescens for Bembidion neocoerulescens , Bembidion incertum for Bembidion breve , and Bembidion ochropus for Bembidion manningense . Species identifications are difficult and examination of the male genitalia is usually required for confirmation.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Bembicidium

Loc

Bembicidium (Plataphus)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Micromelomalus

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Melomalus

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Trachelonepha

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Plataphodes

Ganglbauer 1891
1891
Loc

Nepha

Motschoulsky 1864
1864
Loc

Peryphus fellmanni

Mannerheim 1823
1823
Loc

Elaphrus prasinus

Duftschmid 1812
1812