Carabus (Neoleistus), Erwin, 1970

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 129

Subgenus Neoleistus Erwin, 1970

Neoleistus Erwin, 1970b: 112. Type species: Leistus ferruginosus Mannerheim, 1843 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek prefix neo - (new) and the generic name Leistus [q.v.], probably alluding to the fact that these Leistus species inhabit the New World [masculine].

Diversity.

Three western North American species.

Identification.

Erwin (1970b) revised the species and provided a key for their identification.

Taxonomic Note.

Perrault (1991a) added three species from the Far East ( Leistus angulicollis Fairmaire, Leistus niger Gebler, and Leistus shenseensis Perrault) to this subgenus but Shilenkov (1999: 76) rejected this association and the Asian species are listed in the nominotypical subgenus by Farkač and Janata (2003: 81-82).