Notiobia (Anisotarsus), Chaudoir, 1837

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 636-637

Subgenus Anisotarsus Chaudoir, 1837

Anisotarsus Chaudoir, 1837b: 41. Type species: Anisotarsus brevicollis Chaudoir, 1837 designated by Casey (1914: 209). Etymology (original). From the Greek anisos (unequal) and tarsos (tarsus), alluding to the fact that the male protarsomere 1 is distinctly smaller than the following three (" premier article [du tarse du mâle] très petit, proportionnellement aux 2e, 3e et 4e articles, qui sont larges, cordiformes ") in the two species that Chaudoir included in this taxon [masculine].

Diaphoromerus Chaudoir, 1843a: 402. Type species: Diaphoromerus iridipennis Chaudoir, 1843 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 295). Etymology (original). From the Greek diaphoros (different) and meros (part, segment) [masculine].

Eurytrichus LeConte, 1847: 387. Type species: Feronia terminata Say, 1823 designated by van Emden (1953b: 525). Synonymy established by LeConte (1870: 403). Etymology (original). From the Greek eurys (wide, extensive) and trichos (hair), alluding to the dense setae on the ventral surface of the male tarsi (" tarsis ♂ subtus dense pilosis ") [masculine].

Harpalodes Motschulsky, 1864: 208. Type species: Harpalus fulgens Dejean, 1829 (= Poecilus chalcitis Germar, 1824) by original designation. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2002b: 25). Etymology. From the generic name Harpalus [q.v.] and the Greek suffix - odes (likeness) [masculine].

Stilbolidus Casey, 1914: 171. Type species: Harpalus mexicanus Dejean, 1829 by original designation. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 864).

Diversity.

Fifty-three species in the Nearctic (eight species, four of them endemic), Neotropical (21 species), and Australian (28 species) Regions.

Identification.

Noonan (1973) revised the North and Middle American species and provided a key for their identification.