Carabus (Aulonocarabus), Reitter, 1896

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 189

Subgenus Aulonocarabus Reitter, 1896

Aulonocarabus Reitter, 1896: 192. Type species: Carabus canaliculatus Adams, 1812 designated by Nakane (1962: 39). Etymology. From the Greek aulonos (channel) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.], probably alluding to one of the two species included, Carabus canaliculatus which is the Latin name for channel [masculine].

Baptaulonocarabus Imura, 2002: 130. Type species: Carabus truncaticollis Eschscholtz, 1833 by original designation. Synonymy established by Deuve (2004: 197). Etymology. From the Greek baptos (dyed) and the generic name Aulonocarabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Thirteen species (Deuve 2004: 197-203) in North America (one Holarctic species) and Asia (13 species, one of them extending into northern European Russia).