Calybe Laporte, 1834

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 784

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Calybe Laporte, 1834
status

 

Genus Calybe Laporte, 1834

Calybe Laporte, 1834: 92. Type species: Calybe leprieuri Laporte, 1834 by monotypy. Etymology. Mythological name designating a Trojan Nymph loved by King Laomedon of Troy. Literately, kalybe or calybe designates a rustic cabin or hut [feminine]. Note. Chalybe is an incorrect subsequent spelling, introduced by Dejean (1836: 56), not in prevailing usage.

Diversity.

Twenty-five species (Lorenz 2005: 440-441) in the Western Hemisphere arrayed in two subgenera: Calybe s.str. (eight species) represented in the Neotropical Region only and Ega (17 species).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Calybe Laporte, 1834

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Calybe

Laporte 1834
1834
Loc

Calybe leprieuri

Laporte 1834
1834