Philorhizus Hope, 1838

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 805-806

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Philorhizus Hope, 1838
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Genus Philorhizus Hope, 1838

Philorhizus Hope, 1838: 63. Type species: Carabus fasciatus Paykull, 1790 (= Carabus sigma Rossi, 1790) by original designation. Etymology (original). Anagram of the generic name Risophilus (as Rizophilus ), derived from the Greek philos (beloved) and rhiza (root) [masculine].

Dromiolus Reitter, 1905: 230, 235. Type species: Dromius nigriventris Thomson, 1857 (= Dromius notatus Stephens, 1827) by original designation. Etymology. From the generic name Dromius [q.v.] and the Latin suffix - olus (diminutive) [masculine].

Similidromius Mateu, 1953: 140. Type species: Dromius elliptipennis Wollaston, 1864 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Machado (1992: 519). Etymology. From the Latin adjective similis, - e (like) and the generic name Dromius [q.v.], alluding to the resemblance of the species in the hands of Mateu to those of Dromius [masculine].

Diversity.

About 50 species (Lorenz 2005: 477) in the Nearctic (two species, one of them adventive), Oriental (two species), Palaearctic (about 35 species, 15 of them endemic to the Canary and Madeira Islands), and Afrotropical (11 species) Regions.

Identification.

Bousquet (2004b: 49-51) commented on the structural differences between the two species found in North America.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Philorhizus Hope, 1838

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Similidromius

Mateu 1953
1953
Loc

Dromiolus

Reitter 1905
1905
Loc

Dromius elliptipennis

Wollaston 1864
1864
Loc

Dromius nigriventris

C. G. Thomson 1857
1857
Loc

Philorhizus

Hope 1838
1838
Loc

Dromius notatus

Stephens 1827
1827
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Dromius

Bonelli 1810
1810
Loc

Carabus sigma

P. Rossi 1790
1790