Dromius Bonelli, 1810

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 805

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

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scientific name

Dromius Bonelli, 1810
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Genus Dromius Bonelli, 1810

Dromius Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type species: Carabus quadrimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent monotypy in Samouelle (1819: 155). Etymology. Probably from the Greek dromeus (runner) and alluding to the agility of the adults in the field [masculine]. Note. Madge (1975: 582) pointed out that the type species of Dromius Bonelli, 1810 should be Carabus truncatellus Linnaeus, 1760 by subsequent monotypy in Panzer (1813: 73). That species is now included in the genus Syntomus Hope, 1838. Acceptance of this species as type species of Dromius would require nomenclatural changes for both Dromius and Syntomus . A request should be addressed to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to set aside Carabus truncatellus Linnaeus, 1760 as type species of Dromius Bonelli, 1810.

Dromaeus Billberg, 1820: 26. Unjustified emendation of Dromius Bonelli, 1810.

Ocaeus Gistel, 1848a: ix. Unnecessary replacement name for Dromius Bonelli, 1810.

Diversity.

About 105 species (Lorenz 2005: 475-477) in the Nearctic (two species), Neotropical (20 species), Australian (one adventive species in New Zealand), Oriental, Palaearctic (53 species), and Afrotropical Regions. These species are placed in three subgenera: Dromius s.str. (about 50 species), Obodromius Jedlička (one species), and Klepterus Péringuey (47 species), with six species unplaced.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Dromius Bonelli, 1810

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Ocaeus

Gistel 1848
1848
Loc

Syntomus

Hope 1838
1838
Loc

Syntomus

Hope 1838
1838
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Carabus quadrimaculatus

Linnaeus 1758
1758