Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 437

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scientific name

Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839
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Genus Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839: 73. Type species: Elaphropus caraboides Motschulsky, 1839 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek elaphros (nimble) and pous (foot), probably alluding to the agility of the adults in the field [masculine].

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 340 species (Lorenz 2005: 207-211, as Elaphropus and Nototachys ) arrayed in seven subgenera following Sciaky and Vigna Taglianti (2003, as phyletic line of Elaphropus ): Amaurotachys Jeannel (Old World), Barytachys , Elaphropus s.str. (about 40 species in the Eastern Hemisphere), Sphaerotachys Müller (Eastern Hemisphere) with Nototachys Alluaud, Tachyphanes Jeannel, and Trepanotachys Alluaud as synonyms, Tachylopha Motschulsky (40 species in the Eastern Hemisphere), Tachyura , and Tachyuropsis Shilenkov (one species in the Far East).

Taxonomic Note.

Several authors have discussed the taxonomic status of Elaphropus and related taxa and most have different opinions as to the statuses they should be assigned. In view of this, I prefer to include all taxa of the phyletic line of Elaphropus (sensu Sciaky and Vigna Taglianti 2003) into a single genus, as done by Erwin (1974a) and Shilenkov (2002), and recognize several subgenera.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Elaphropus

Motschulsky 1839
1839
Loc

Elaphropus caraboides

Motschulsky 1839
1839