Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 832

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859
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Genus Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859 View in CoL View at ENA

Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859a: 140. Type species: Calleida cyanea Motschulsky, 1850 (= Cymindis viridis Dejean, 1831) designated by Larson (1969: 29). Etymology. From the Greek philos (beloved) and phyge or pheuge (escape) [feminine].

Philophyga Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 118. Unjustified emendation of Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859.

Philopheuga Bates, 1883a: 202. Unjustified emendation of Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859.

Diversity.

Four species comprised this genus: one ( Philophuga brachinoides Bates) is found in Mexico only, another one ( Anchomenus viridis ) in Canada and United States, and the other two in United States and Mexico.

Identification.

Larson (1969) revised the species.

Taxonomic Note.

This taxon is ranked as a subgenus of Calleida by some authors.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Philophuga Motschulsky, 1859

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Philopheuga

Chaudoir 1877
1877
Loc

Philophyga

Gemminger & Harold 1868
1868
Loc

Philophuga

Motschulsky 1859
1859
Loc

Philophuga

Motschulsky 1859
1859
Loc

Philophuga

Motschulsky 1859
1859
Loc

Calleida cyanea

Motschulsky 1850
1850
Loc

Cymindis viridis

Dejean 1831
1831