Stenomorphus Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 719

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scientific name

Stenomorphus Dejean, 1831
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Genus Stenomorphus Dejean, 1831 View in CoL View at ENA

Stenomorphus Dejean, 1831: 696. Type species: Stenomorphus angustatus Dejean, 1831 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek stenos (slender) and morphe (form), alluding to the slender form (" corselet très-allongé... élytres allongées ") of the species of this genus [masculine].

Agaosoma Ménétriés, 1843: 63. Type species: Agaosoma californicum Ménétriés, 1843 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1844: 478). Etymology (original). From the Greek agaios (admirable) and soma (body), alluding to the unusual and agreeable body form of adults of this genus [neuter].

Diversity.

Six species in North America (three species), Middle and South America (five species), and the West Indies (two species, one of them endemic).

Identification.

Ball et al. (1991) revised the species.

Taxonomic Note.

Ball et al. (1991: 942) postulated that the Neotropical genus Trichopselaphus Chaudoir (eight species) is the sister-group to this genus and that Anisocnemus Chaudoir (two Neotropical species) is the sister-group to { Trichopselaphus + Stenomorphus }.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Stenomorphus Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Agaosoma

Menetries 1843
1843
Loc

Stenomorphus

Dejean 1831
1831
Loc

Stenomorphus angustatus

Dejean 1831
1831