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
Opadius Casey, 1914
Opadius
Casey, 1914: 66. Type species:
Cratognathus cordatus
LeConte, 1853 by original designation. Etymology. Possibly from the Greek
opados
(accompanying, attending) [masculine].
Pharalus
Casey, 1914: 68. Type species:
Pangus testaceus
LeConte, 1853 (=
Harpalus indianus
Csiki, 1932) by monotypy.
New synonymy
. Etymology. Anagram of the generic name
Harpalus
[
q.v
.] [masculine].
Euharpalops
Casey, 1924: 116. Type species:
Euharpalops wadei
Casey, 1924 (=
Harpalus fraternus
LeConte, 1852) by original designation.
New synonymy
. Etymology. From the Greek
eu
(good, agreeable, very), the generic name
Harpalus
[
q.v
.], and the suffix -
ops
(having the appearance of) [masculine].
Haploharpalus
Schauberger, 1926: 44. Type species:
Harpalus froelichii
Sturm, 1818 designated by Habu (1973a: 68).
New synonymy
. Etymology. From the Greek prefix
haplo
- (single) and the generic name
Harpalus
[
q.v
.] [masculine].
Cordoharpalus
Hatch, 1949a: 87. Type species:
Harpalus cordifer
Notman, 1919 by original designation. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 234). Etymology. From the Latin
cordis
(heart) and the generic name
Harpalus
[
q.v
.] [masculine].
Diversity.
This group is represented in the Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions but the number of species cannot be assessed at this time. The North American fauna has 19 species.
Identification.
The species of this subgenus have been revised by Noonan (1991: 45-127). Lindroth (1968) covered all the species except
Harpalus gravis
,
Harpalus cordatus
, and
Harpalus apache
.
Taxonomic Note.
This taxon corresponds to the
fraternus
stock of Noonan (1991: 45). Although I have doubt about monophyly of this complex, I have followed
Noonan's
(1991) conclusion since it is the last major study on these species. Kataev et al. (2003: 371) listed
Opadius
Casey and its synonyms as synonyms of the subgenus
Harpalus
Latreille. In 2010, Kataev included
Harpalus apache
and
Harpalus cordatus
(as
cordatus
group) in the subgenus
Glanodes
Casey.