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
Bradytus Stephens, 1827
Bradytus
Stephens, 1827: 67. Type species:
Carabus ferrugineus
Linnaeus
sensu
Stephens, 1828 (=
Carabus fulvus
Mueller
, 1776) designated by Westwood (1838: 4). Etymology (original, see page 136). From the Greek
bradytes
(slowness), probably alluding to the slow pace of the adults in nature [masculine].
Linconus
Fischer von Waldheim, 1829a: 16. Type species:
Carabus apricarius
Paykull, 1790 designated by Bousquet (2002c: 176). Synonymy established by Bousquet (2002c: 176).
Omius
Fischer von Waldheim, 1829a: 16. Type species:
Carabus consularis
Duftschmid, 1812 designated by Bousquet (2002c: 177). Synonymy established by Bousquet (2002c: 177).
Pseudobradytus
Csiki, 1908: 353. Type species:
Amara crenata
Dejean, 1828 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Jeannel (1942: 939). Etymology. From the Greek
pseudos
(fallacy, lie) and the generic name
Bradytus
[
q.v
.] [masculine].
Diversity.
Thirty-five species (Hieke 2007) in the arctic, subarctic, boreal, and temperate regions of North America (12 species, of which two are adventive), Asia (26 species), and Europe (seven species, all shared with Asia). One species (
Amara glacialis
) is Holarctic.
Identification.
There is no modern taxonomic revision of the species. Lindroth (1968, as
apricaria
and
insignis
groups) covered all but two (
Amara neomexicana
and
Amara lindrothi
) of the North American species.