Platynus (Batenus), Motschulsky, 1865

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 776

Subgenus Batenus Motschulsky, 1865

Batenus Motschulsky, 1865: 317. Type species: Harpalus livens Gyllenhal, 1810 by original designation. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek bates (walker) and the Latin suffix - enus (pertaining to) [masculine].

Platynidius Casey, 1920: 4. Type species: Feronia hypolithos Say, 1823 by original designation. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1990: 434).

Paranchomenus Casey, 1920: 30. Type species: Platynus stygicus LeConte, 1854 (= Anchomenus mannerheimii Dejean, 1828) designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 262). Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 262). Etymology. From the Greek para (near, beside) and the generic name Anchomenus [q.v.] [masculine].

Pseudoplatynus Habu, 1973b: 11. Type species: Anchomenus magnus Bates, 1873 by original designation. Synonymy established by Kryzhanovskij et al. (1995: 117). Etymology. From the Greek pseudos (fallacy, lie) and the generic name Platynus [q.v.] [masculine].

Platynomenus Ádám, 1996: 12. Type species: Carabus scrobiculatus Fabricius, 1801 by original designation. Synonymy established by Lorenz (1998: 406). Etymology. From the generic name Platynus [q.v.] and the Greek menos (force, strength) [masculine].

Diversity.

Forty-four species are recorded by Lorenz (2005: 429-430), five in the Nearctic Region, with one of them Holarctic, and 40 in the Palaearctic Region. A number of Palaearctic species considered as incertae sedis by Lorenz (2005: 433-434) have been listed in this subgenus by Bousquet (2003c: 462-464).