Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
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Bousquet, Yves
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
bousquety1@yahoo.com
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Subgenus
Stenocantharus Gistel, 1834
Stenocantharus
Gistel, 1834: 1. Type species:
Cychrus angusticollis
Mannerheim, 1823 by monotypy. Etymology (see Gistel 1829: 1068). From the Greek
stenos
(narrow) and
cantharos
(scarab) [masculine]. Note. The name
Stenocantharus
was first introduced by Gistel (1829: 1068) for "
Cychrus debilis
Dejean," a species not available at the time.
Pemphus
Motschulsky, 1866: 312. Type species:
Cychrus velutinus
Menetries
, 1843 designated by
Gehin
(1876b: 114). Synonymy established by Csiki (1927: 322).
Diversity.
Four species restricted to the Pacific coastal and western montane regions of North America.
Identification.
Van Dyke (1944) and Gidaspow (1973) revised the species then placed in this subgenus. Gidaspow (1973) provided a key for their identification.