Selenophorus Dejean, 1829

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 711

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scientific name

Selenophorus Dejean, 1829
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Genus Selenophorus Dejean, 1829

Selenophorus Dejean, 1829: 80. Type species: Carabus palliatus Fabricius, 1798 designated by Hope (1838: 84). Etymology (original). From the Greek selenis (half-moon, lunule) and phero (to bear, carry), possibly alluding to the shape of the mentum of the adult which, in the absence of a median tooth, is in the shape of a half-moon (" menton échancré en arc de cercle ") [masculine].

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with about 190 species arrayed in two subgenera: Celiamorphus and Selenophorus s.str., both represented in North America.

Identification.

Putzeys (1878) reviewed the genus but his work is outdated. About one-third of the currently recognized valid North American species were described by Casey and there is little doubt that several of them will turn out to be synonyms. A revision of the genus is much needed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Selenophorus Dejean, 1829

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Selenophorus

Dejean 1829
1829
Loc

Carabus palliatus

Fabricius 1798
1798