Abaris Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 494

Genus Abaris Dejean, 1831

Abaris Dejean, 1831: 780. Type species: Abaris aenea Dejean, 1831 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek a (absence) and barys (heavy), probably alluding to the small size (and thus light) for pterostichines of adults of the sole species in the hands of Dejean [feminine].

Abarys Agassiz, 1846: 1. Unjustified emendation of Abaris Dejean, 1831.

Diversity.

Twenty-seven species in the Neotropical Region, one of them reaching southwestern United States. The species are arrayed in two subgenera: Abaris s.str. (13 species) and Abaridius (14 species).

Identification.

Will (2002b) published a revision of all known species.

Taxonomic Note.

A cladistic analysis placed the genus Neotalus Will, with one South American species, as the sister-group to Abaris (Will 2002b).