Carabus (Tanaocarabus), Reitter, 1896

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 193

Subgenus Tanaocarabus Reitter, 1896

Tanaocarabus Reitter, 1896: 135. Type species: Carabus sylvosus Say, 1823 designated by Breuning (1933b: 895). Etymology. From the Greek tanaos (outstretched, long) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.], probably alluding to the elongate shape of the adults [masculine].

Neocarabus Lapouge, 1931: 569 [junior homonym of Neocarabus Bengtsson, 1927]. Type species: Carabus taedatus Fabricius, 1787 by monotypy.

Durangocarabus Imura, 2002: 141. Type species: Carabus forreri Bates, 1882 by original designation. Synonymy established by Deuve (2004: 195). Etymology. From the name of the state Durango in Mexico and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Five species in North America (four species) and Mexico (two species). One of Mexican species, Carabus hendrichsi Bolivar, Rotger, and Coronado, is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental.