Pterostichus (Stomis), Clairville, 1806

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 501-502

Subgenus Stomis Clairville, 1806

Stomis Clairville, 1806: 46. Type species: Carabus pumicatus Panzer, 1795 by monotypy.

Stomatomius Gistel, 1856: 358. Type species: Carabus pumicatus Panzer, 1795 designated by Bousquet (2002b: 48).

Stobeus Fairmaire, 1889: 8. Type species: Stobeus collucens Fairmaire, 1889 by original designation. Synonymy established by Bousquet (1988b: 230). Etymology. Unknown [masculine].

Eustomis Semenov, 1889a: 378. Type species: Stomis formosus Semenov, 1889 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Bousquet (1983: 1597). Etymology. From the Greek eu (agreeable, original, primitive) and the generic name Stomis [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Thirty-six species in Asia (29 species) and Europe (seven species), one of them adventive in eastern North America.

Identification.

There is no taxonomic revision of the subgenus. The sole species in North America was included in Lindroth’s (1966: 443) monograph.