Stenolophus Dejean, 1821

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 658

Genus Stenolophus Dejean, 1821

Stenolophus Dejean, 1821: 15. Type species: Carabus vaporariorum Linnaeus sensu Fabricius, 1787 (= Carabus teutonus Schrank, 1781) designated by Westwood (1838: 5). Etymology. Probably from the Greek stenos (narrow) and lophos (crest, ridge) [masculine]. The name was proposed by Johann Karl Megerle von Mühlfeld and made available by Dejean.

Diversity.

About 170 species (Lorenz 2005: 353-355, excluding Agonoleptus ) arrayed in four subgenera: Agonoderus (seven species), Astenolophus Habu (11 Palaearctic species in Asia, two of them extending into the Oriental Region), Egadroma Motschulsky (about 90 species in Africa, Asia, and the Australian Region), and Stenolophus s.str. (about 60 species). The North American fauna has 22 species (roughly 13% of the world fauna). Egadroma is often listed as a separate genus.