Lionepha Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 344-345

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Lionepha Casey, 1918
status

 

Genus Lionepha Casey, 1918 View in CoL View at ENA

Lionepha Casey, 1918: 18. Type species: Bembidium erasum LeConte, 1859 by original designation. Etymology. From Greek leios (smooth) and the generic name Nepha , probably alluding to the polish body ("body ... polished in great part") of the adult [feminine].

Diversity.

Nine species in western North America.

Identification.

Erwin and Kavanaugh (1981) revised the species and provided a key for their identification.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Lionepha Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Lionepha

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Nepha

Motschoulsky 1864
1864
Loc

Bembidium erasum

LeConte 1859
1859