Stereocerus Kirby, 1837

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 502

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scientific name	Stereocerus Kirby, 1837
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Stereocerus Kirby, 1837: 34. Type species: Stereocerus similis Kirby, 1837 (= Feronia haematopus Dejean, 1831) by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek stereos (solid, firm, hard) and ceros (horn, by extension antenna), alluding to the stout antennae ("antennae robust") of the adults [masculine].

Boreobia Tschitschérine, 1896b: 375. Type species: Feronia imitatrix Tschitschérine, 1896 (= Feronia haematopus Dejean, 1831) designated by Bousquet (1984a: 4). Etymology. From the Greek boreas (north) and bios (life) [feminine].

Diversity.

Two Holarctic species in the arctic, subarctic, and boreal regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1966) redescribed both species and provided a mean for their identification through his key to Canadian species of Pterostichus .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae