Zuphium Latreille, 1805

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 836

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

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scientific name

Zuphium Latreille, 1805
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Genus Zuphium Latreille, 1805

Zuphium Latreille, 1805: 198. Type species: Carabus olens Rossi, 1790 designated by Latreille (1810: 426). Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek zoyphion (small animal) or zophos (obscure, dark) [neuter].

Zophium Gistel, 1840: 112. Unjustified emendation of Zuphium Latreille, 1805.

Zoyphium Agassiz, 1846: 393. Unjustified emendation of Zuphium Latreille, 1805.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 75 species of which six are found in the temperate and subtropical areas of North America.

Identification.

Mateu (1981) reviewed the North American species and provided a key for their identification.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Zuphium Latreille, 1805

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Zophium

Gistl 1839
1839
Loc

Zuphium

Latreille 1805
1805
Loc

Zuphium

Latreille 1805
1805
Loc

Zuphium

Latreille 1805
1805
Loc

Carabus olens

P. Rossi 1790
1790