Carabus (Phonias), des Gozis, 1886

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 505

Subgenus Phonias des Gozis, 1886

Phonias des Gozis, 1886: 8. Type species: Platysma interstincta Sturm, 1824 (= Platysma ovoidea Sturm, 1824) by original designation. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek phonos (slaughter, murder) and suffix - ios (pertaining to) [masculine].

Micromaseus Casey, 1918: 324 [junior homonym of Micromaseus Desbrochers des Loges, 1906]. Type species: Feronia patruelis Dejean, 1831 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek micros (small, little) and the generic name Omaseus [q.v.] [masculine].

Omaseulus Lutshnik, 1929: 5. Replacement name for Micromaseus Casey, 1918. Etymology. From the generic name Omaseus [q.v.] and the Latin suffix - ulus (small, little) [masculine].

Americomaseus Csiki, 1930: 644. Replacement name for Micromaseus Casey, 1918. Etymology. From the English prefix americo- (relating to America) and the generic name Omaseus [q.v.] [masculine].

Biphonias Jeanne, 1988: 74. Type species: Pterostichus longinquus Bates, 1873 by original designation. Synonymy established by Kryzhanovskij et al. (1995: 99). Etymology. From the Latin prefix bi - (two) and the generic name Phonias [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-eight species (Lorenz 2005: 275) in the boreal and temperate areas of the Nearctic (four species, one of them adventive) and Palaearctic (25 species) Regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1966) reviewed the Nearctic species.