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 Genus Paranchus Lindroth, 1974 Paranchus Lindroth, 1974: 81. Type species: Carabus albipes Fabricius, 1794 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek para (near, next to) and the generic name Anchus [ q.v .] [masculine]. Diversity. Two species endemic to the Canary Islands and one European species, Paranchus albipes , which is adventive in northeastern North America. Identification. The North American species is covered in Lindroth's (1966: 630-631, as Agonum albipes ) monograph.