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
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Genus
Eucheila Dejean, 1829
Eucheila
Dejean [in Dejean and Boisduval], 1829: 60 (as
Eucheyla
). Type species:
Eucheyla flavilabris
Dejean, 1829 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek
eu
(well, large) and
cheilos
(lip), alluding to the large size of the labrum ("
levre
superieure
tres-grande
") of the adult [feminine]. Note.
Eucheila
is an incorrect subsequent spelling of
Eucheyla
Dejean, 1829 introduced by Dejean (1831: 455). The spelling
Eucheila
is in prevailing usage and attributed to the original publication by recent authors (e.g., Lorenz 2005: 463; Anichtchenko 2010: 189); therefore, it is deemed to be the correct original spelling (ICZN 1999: Article 33.3.1).
Euchila
Agassiz, 1846: 146 [junior homonym of
Euchila
Billberg, 1820]. Unjustified emendation of
Eucheila
Dejean, 1829.
Diversity.
Twenty-four species (Lorenz 2005: 463-464) in the Neotropical Region, one of them reaching southeastern Texas. The species are arrayed in five subgenera:
Inna
Putzeys (ten species),
Eucheila
s.str. (six species),
Pseudoinna
Mateu (four species),
Bordoniella
Mateu (two species), and
Hansus
Ball and Shpeley (two species).