Anilloferonia (Hypherpes), Chaudoir, 1838

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 531-532

Subgenus 8 Hypherpes Chaudoir, 1838

Hypherpes Chaudoir, 1838: 8. Type species: Feronia castanea Dejean, 1828 designated by Bousquet (1984a: 4). Etymology. Uncertain, but more likely from the Greek ypherpo (to creep on secretly) rather than from the Greek hypo (under, beneath), phero (to bear, carry), and the Latin pes (foot) [masculine]. The name was proposed by Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz and made available by Chaudoir.

Haplocoelus Chaudoir, 1838: 8. Type species: Feronia tristis Dejean, 1828 by original designation. Synonymy established by Csiki (1930: 578). Etymology (original). From the Greek haplo - (simple, single) and coilos (hollow, by extension sulcus, stria, impression), possibly alluding to the single laterobasal impression on each side of the pronotum of the adult [masculine].

Brachystilus Chaudoir, 1838: 10. Type species: Feronia californica Dejean, 1828 by original designation. Synonymy established implicitly by LeConte (1853a: 238), explicitly by Csiki (1930: 579). Etymology (original). From the Greek brachys (short) and stylos (pillar, column, by extension support) [masculine]. Note. Chaudoir (1838) used two different spellings for this taxon: Brachystilus (page 10) and Brachystylus (page 17). Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 176) acted as First Revisers and selected Brachystilus as the original spelling, so that the name Brachystylus Schönherr, 1845, a valid taxon in Curculionidae , would not enter in homonymy.

Holciophorus LeConte, 1853a: 249. Type species: Feronia atra Dejean, 1828 (= Feronia lama Ménétriés, 1843) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Van Dyke (1926a: 73). Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek holcio (rudder) and phoro (to bear, carry) [masculine].

Gonoderus Motschulsky, 1859a: 149. Type species: Feronia adoxa Say, 1823 designated by Lindroth (1966: 467). Synonymy established by Csiki (1930: 578).

Hammatomerus Chaudoir, 1868b: 337. Type species: Feronia morionides Chaudoir, 1868 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Van Dyke (1926a: 73). Etymology. From the Greek hammatos (knot, noose, cord) and meros (part, by extension segment) [masculine].

Pheryphes Casey, 1920: 186. Type species: Pterostichus tarsalis LeConte, 1873 designated by Bousquet (1984a: 4). Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 176). Etymology. Anagram of the generic name Hypherpes [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Sixty species in eastern (two species) and western (58 species) North America.

Identification.

Casey (1913) reviewed most of the species then known (under planctus, californicus, menetriesi, congestus, and adoxus groups) but his key is very difficult to use. A taxonomic revision of the species is much needed.

Taxonomic Note.

Bousquet (1999) combined members of Leptoferonia , Anilloferonia , and Hypherpes into a single subgeneric taxon. Based on molecular sequence data, Will and Gill (2008) recovered these groups as monophyletic and suggested to recognize them as distinct subgenera.