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
Chlaeniellus Reitter, 1908
Chlaeniellus
Reitter, 1908: 185. Type species:
Carabus vestitus
Paykull, 1790 designated by Jeannel (1942: 971). Etymology. From the generic name
Chlaenius
[
q.v
.] and the Latin suffix -
ellus
(small, little) [masculine].
Agrochlaenius
Basilewsky and Grundmann, 1954: 240. Type species:
Buprestis variegatus
Geoffroy, 1785 (=
Chlaenius olivieri
Crotch, 1870) by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek
agros
(field) and the generic name
Chlaenius
[
q.v
.] [masculine]. Note. This name was first proposed by Lutshnik (1933b: 171). However, because he failed to designate a type species, the name cannot be attributed from this publication (ICZN 1999: Article 13.3).
Diversity.
About 80 species in all zoogeographical regions except the Australian Region. The subgenus is best represented in the Northern Hemisphere with 58 species (about 73.5% of the world fauna) of which 17 are found in North America.