Pelophila Dejean, 1821

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 127

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scientific name	Pelophila Dejean, 1821
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Genus Pelophila Dejean, 1821 View in CoL View at ENA

Pelophila Dejean, 1821: 7. Type species: Carabus borealis Paykull, 1790 by monotypy. Etymology (see Dejean 1826: 263). From the Greek pelos (mud) and philos (beloved), alluding to the habitat of Pelophila borealis [feminine].

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with one Holarctic species and one species endemic to northern North America.

Identification.

Lindroth (1961a: 57-60) covered both species and discussed the structural differences between them.