Trechus Clairville, 1806

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 332-333

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scientific name

Trechus Clairville, 1806
status

 

Subgenus Trechus Clairville, 1806

Trechus Clairville, 1806: 22. Type species: Carabus rubens Fabricius, 1801 designated by Blanchard [in Audouin et al. 1841: plate 25].

Calotrechus Wollaston, 1854: 64. Type species: Trechus nigrocruciatus Wollaston, 1854 designated by Jeannel (1927: 114). Synonymy established by Casale and Laneyrie (1982: 124). Etymology. From the Greek calos (beautiful) and the generic name Trechus [q.v.] [masculine].

Antoinella Jeannel, 1937c: 83. Type species: Duvalius groubei Antoine, 1935 by original designation. Synonymy established by Casale (2011: 14). Etymology. This name was proposed in honor of Maurice Antoine (1886-1962). Born in Caen in Normandy, France, Antoine moved to Morocco in his 30s where he taught natural science at a secondary school in Casablanca from 1919 to 1948. He is well-known for his monographic treatment (1955-1962) of the carabid fauna of Morocco.

Altaiotrechus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1971: 155. Type species: Altaiotrechus alticola Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1971 (= Trechus kuraicus Shilenkov, 1995) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Shilenkov (in Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995: 69). Etymology. From the geographical name altai (mountain system in Asia) and the generic name Trechus [q.v.] [masculine].

Hydrotrechus Carabajal, García and Rodríguez, 2000: 123. Type species: Hydrotrechus cantabricus Carabajal, García and Rodríguez, 2000 by original designation. Synonymy established by Ortuño and Jiménez-Valverde (2011: 28).

Diversity.

About 775 species in North America (23 species, of which three are adventive), mountains in Mexico (about five species), Oriental (two species in the Philippines), Palaearctic (about 725 species), and Afrotropical (about 25 species on Mont Elgon, Mont Meru, and Ethiopia) Regions. More than 95% of the species inhabit the Northern Hemisphere.

Identification.

There is no published key for the identification of the species of this subgenus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Trechus

Loc

Trechus Clairville, 1806

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Trechus kuraicus

Shilenkov 1995
1995
Loc

Altaiotrechus

Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1971
1971
Loc

Altaiotrechus alticola

Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1971
1971
Loc

Antoinella

Jeannel 1937
1937
Loc

Calotrechus

Wollaston 1854
1854
Loc

Trechus nigrocruciatus

Wollaston 1854
1854
Loc

Trechus

Clairville 1806
1806
Loc

Trechus

Clairville 1806
1806
Loc

Trechus

Clairville 1806
1806
Loc

Carabus rubens

Fabricius 1792
1792