Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 783

Genus Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831

Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831: 28. Type species: Lachnophorus pilosus Dejean, 1831 designated by Desmarest (1851: 189). Etymology (original). From the Greek lachnos (soft hair, down) and phoro (to bear, carry), alluding to the pubescence covering the dorsal surface (" corps pubescent ") of the adults [masculine].

Aretaonus Liebke, 1936: 461, 463. Type species: Lachnophorus elegantulus Mannerheim, 1843 by original designation. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1988: 34).

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with about 35 species in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (one species only) and Neotropical Regions.

Taxonomic Note.

According to Liebherr (1988: 34), Stigmaphorus Motschulsky, 1855 (type species: Stigmaphorus tessellatus Motschulsky, 1855), considered a junior synonym of Lachnophorus by several authors, "should not be considered the same as Lachnophorus ."