Dromochorus Guerin-Meneville , 1849

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 218

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scientific name	Dromochorus Guerin-Meneville , 1849
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Genus Dromochorus Guerin-Meneville, 1849 View in CoL View at ENA

Dromochorus Guérin-Méneville, 1849: [plate 162] 1. Type species: Dromochorus pilatei Guérin-Méneville, 1849 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek dromos (running) and choros (land, country, by extension field), probably alluding to the circumstance upon which the holotype of Colliuris pilatei was found [masculine].

Dromeochora Gistel, 1850: 75. Unnecessary replacement name for Dromochorus Guérin-Méneville, 1849.

Diversity.

Four North American species, one of them extending into northern Mexico.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae