Calosoma (Chrysostigma), Kirby, 1837

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 178

Subgenus Chrysostigma Kirby, 1837

Chrysostigma Kirby, 1837: 19. Type species: Carabus calidus Fabricius, 1775 designated by Hope (1838: 47). Etymology. From the Greek chrysos (gold) and stigma (mark, spot), alluding to the conspicuous gilded elytral punctures ("elytra obscure with gilded punctiform impressions") of the adult [neuter].

Tapinosthenes Kolbe, 1895: 56. Type species: Calosoma cancellatum Eschscholtz, 1833 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Jeannel (1940: 161). Etymology. From the Greek tapeinos (low, humble) and sthenos (strength) [masculine].

Lyperostenia Lapouge, 1929b: 3. Type species: Calosoma triste LeConte, 1845 (= Calosoma affine Chaudoir, 1843) by subsequent monotypy in Lapouge (1931: 382). Synonymy established by Gidaspow (1959: 260). Etymology. From the Greek lyperos (painful, by extension sad) and the Greek stenos (narrow) [feminine].

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with ten species in North America (nine species) and Middle America (four species, only one, Chrysostigma ampliator Bates, being endemic).