Carabus (Diocarabus), Reitter, 1896

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 188

Subgenus Diocarabus Reitter, 1896

Diocarabus Reitter, 1896: 185. Type species: Carabus loschnikovii Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek dis (twice) or dios (Zeus, chief of the Greek gods) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Cryocarabus Lapouge, 1931: 575. Type species: Carabus chamissonis Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek cryos (cold) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Eleven species in North America (one northern species) and Asia (ten species, one of them extending into northern European Russia).

Taxonomic Note.

Deuve (2004: 186) included members of this taxon in the subgenus Tomocarabus Reitter, 1896.