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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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Subgenus
Calocolliuris Liebke, 1938
Calocolliuris
Liebke, 1938: 55. Type species:
Casnonia ludoviciana
Salle
, 1849 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek prefix
calo
- (beautiful) and the generic name
Colliuris
[
q.v
.] [feminine].
Diversity.
Five Nearctic and Neotropical species were included in this subgenus by Liebke (1938: 55-56). However, a number of species (e.g.,
Colliuris liptera
Bates,
Colliuris tetrastigma
Chaudoir,
Colliuris caymanensis
Darlington,
Colliuris ellipticeps
Liebke, and
Colliuris gundlachi
Darlington), placed in other subgenera by Liebke (1938), are closely related to members of
Calocolliuris
(personal observation).