Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Subgenus Anchomenus Bonelli, 1810 Anchomenus Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type species: Carabus prasinus Thunberg, 1784 (= Carabus dorsalis Pontoppidan, 1763) designated by Westwood (1838: 3). Ectenes Billberg, 1820: 29. Type species: Carabus prasinus Thunberg, 1784 (= Carabus dorsalis Pontoppidan, 1763) designated by Bousquet (2002b: 19). Clibanarius des Gozis, 1882: 295 [junior homonym of Clibanarius Dana, 1852]. Type species: Carabus dorsalis Pontoppidan, 1763 by original designation. Etymology. From the Latin clibanarius (cuirassier) [masculine]. Chlaeniomimus Semenov, 1889b: 687. Type species: Chlaenius gracilicollis Jakowleff, 1887 (= Atranus virescens Motschulsky, 1864) by original designation. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991b: 33). Etymology. From the generic name Chlaenius [ q.v .] and the Latin mimus (actor), probably alluding to the resemblance of the adults in the eyes of Semenov to those of some Chlaenius [masculine]. Idiochroma Bedel, 1902: 216. Replacement name for Clibanarius des Gozis, 1882. Etymology. From the Greek idios (personal, individual) and chroma (color) [neuter]. Pseudanchus Casey, 1920: 45. Type species: Platynus funebris LeConte, 1854 designated by Lindroth (1966: 632). Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991b: 33). Etymology. From the Greek pseudos (fallacy, lie) and the generic name Anchus [ q.v .] [masculine]. Nipponachus Habu, 1978: 36. Type species: Anchomenus leucopus Bates, 1873 by original designation. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991b: 33). Etymology. From the English nippon (a Japanese name for Japan) and the generic name Anchus [ q.v .] [masculine]. Diversity. Eleven species in North America (three endemic species), Baja California (one endemic species), Asia (seven species, four of them endemic), Europe (three species), and northern Africa (one species).