Pterostichus (Cylindrocharis), Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 526

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Pterostichus (Cylindrocharis)
status

 

Subgenus Cylindrocharis Casey, 1918

Cylindrocharis Casey, 1918: 326. Type species: Feronia rostrata Newman sensu Casey, 1918 (= Pterostichus acutipes acutipes Barr, 1971) by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek cylindros (roller, cylinder) and charis (grace, beauty), probably alluding to the more or less cylindrical appearance of adults of these nice carabids [feminine].

Diversity.

Three species in the Appalachian region.

Identification.

Barr (1971a) revised the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Pterostichus

Loc

Pterostichus (Cylindrocharis)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Pterostichus acutipes acutipes

acutipes Barr 1971
1971
Loc

Cylindrocharis

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Feronia rostrata

Newman 1838
1838