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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Subgenus
Carabosoma
Gehin
, 1885
Carabosoma
Gehin
, 1885: xxxii. Type species:
Calosoma glabratum
Dejean, 1831 designated by Breuning (1928a: 100). Etymology. From the generic name
Carabus
[
q.v
.] and the Greek
soma
(body), alluding to the resemblance of adults to those of some
Carabus
("
forme rappelant celles de certains carabes
") [neuter].
Acamegonia
Lapouge, 1924: 38. Type species:
Acamegonia peregrinatrix incerta
Lapouge, 1924 (=
Calosoma eremicola
Fall, 1910) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 72).
Diversity.
Western Hemisphere, with five species in the Nearctic (four species, one of them endemic) and Neotropical (four species, only one,
Calosoma glabratum
, endemic) Regions.