Carabus (Tachypus), Weber, 1801

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 192-193

Subgenus Tachypus Weber, 1801

Tachypus Weber, 1801: 19. Type species: Carabus auratus Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Ádám (1996: 11). Etymology. From the Greek tachys (swift, quick, fast) and pous (foot) [masculine].

Autocarabus Seidlitz, 1887: 9 [Gattung]. Type species: Carabus auratus Linnaeus, 1760 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek autos (self) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Goniocarabus Reitter, 1896: 150 [junior homonym of Goniocarabus Géhin, 1885]. Type species: Carabus cancellatus Illiger, 1798 designated by Jeannel (1941b: 109). Etymology. From the Greek gonios (angle) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Cancellocarabus Lutshnik, 1924: 38, 49. Replacement name for Goniocarabus Reitter, 1896. Etymology. From the Latin cancellus (lattice) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Four European species, one of them extending into Siberia. One species is adventive in eastern North America.

Faunistic Note.

The European Carabus cancellatus Illiger has been recorded from North Carolina (Horn 1883b: 270), Georgia (Fattig 1949: 10), and Wisconsin (Leng 1920: 44) but no specimens have been collected in recent decades. The species is probably not established on this continent.