Asaphidion des Gozis, 1886

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 346

Genus Asaphidion des Gozis, 1886

Tachypus Dejean, 1821: 18 [junior homonym of Tachypus Weber, 1801]. Type species: Elaphrus picipes Duftschmid, 1812 (= Cicindela caraboides Schrank, 1781) designated by Duponchel (1842: 542). Etymology. From the Greek tachys (swift, quick, fast) and pous (foot) [masculine].

Asaphidion des Gozis, 1886: 6. Replacement name for Tachypus Dejean, 1821. Etymology. From the Greek asaphes (indistinct, obscure) and the suffix - idion (small, little) [neuter].

Pseudelaphrus Acloque, 1896: 81. Type species: Cicindela flavipes Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Bousquet (2002b: 42). Synonymy established by Antoine (1955: 126). Etymology. From the Greek pseudos (fallacy, lie) and the generic name Elaphrus [q.v.] [masculine].

Asaphidium Jacobson, 1906: 277. Unjustified emendation of Asaphidion des Gozis, 1886.

Basaphidion Netolitzky, 1935c: 168. Type species: Cicindela caraboides Schrank, 1781 by original designation.

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with 39 species in the arctic, subarctic, boreal, and temperate areas of the Nearctic (three species, one of them adventive) and Palaearctic (37 species) Regions.

Identification.

Lindroth (1963b: 203-206) covered all three species found in North America, the adventive Asaphidion curtum under the name Asaphidion flavipes (Linnaeus).