Nemotarsus LeConte, 1853

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 835

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Nemotarsus LeConte, 1853
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Treatment

Genus Nemotarsus LeConte, 1853 View in CoL View at ENA

Nemotarsus LeConte, 1853c: 377. Type species: Nemotarsus elegans LeConte, 1853 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek nema (thread) and tarsos (tarsus), alluding to the filiform tarsi (" tarsi filiformes ") of the adult [masculine].

Nematotarsus Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 145. Unjustified emendation of Nemotarsus LeConte, 1853.

Diversity.

Nine species in the temperate and tropical areas of the Nearctic (two species) and Neotropical (eight species) Regions.

Identification.

This genus has not been revised in modern times and such work is needed.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae