Panagaeus Latreille, 1802

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 606

Genus Panagaeus Latreille, 1802

Panagaeus Latreille, 1802: 91. Type species: Carabus cruxmajor Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek pan - (all, the whole) and agaios (admirable, enviable), alluding to the overall beautiful coloration of the adult, or from the Greek panagios (very saintly, very pious), alluding to the cross-shaped color band on the elytra of the species Latreille had before him [masculine].

Diversity.

Fourteen species in temperate and tropical areas of the Nearctic (three species), Neotropical (four species), and Palaearctic (eight species) Regions arrayed in two subgenera: Panagaeus (Palaearctic Region) and Hologaeus (Western Hemisphere).

Identification.

Ogueta (1966a) reviewed the Western Hemisphere species and provided a key for their identification.