Glanodes (Metophonus), Bedel, 1897

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 686

Subgenus Metophonus Bedel, 1897

Metophonus Bedel, 1897: 111. Type species: Harpalus syriacus Dejean, 1829 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek meta (between, among, beyond) and the generic name Ophonus [q.v.] [masculine].

Sulcophonus Schauberger, 1933: 130. Type species: Harpalus sulcifer Tschitschérine, 1902 (= Ophonus cribrellus Reiche and Saulcy, 1855) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Sciaky (1987: 70). Etymology. From the Latin sulcus (furrow, groove) and the generic name Ophonus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

About 40 Palaearctic species, of which a single one, Ophonus stricticollis Tschitschérine, is found in eastern Asia. Two species are adventive in eastern North America.