Morion Latreille, 1810

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 487

Genus Morion Latreille, 1810

Morion Latreille, 1810: 159. Type species: Harpalus monilicornis Latreille, 1805 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek morion (piece, part, portion, section) or from the Latin morio, - onis (fool, simpleton); morio or morion was also the name of a gem in Pliny the Elder [masculine]. Note. Morio is an incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage, introduced by Lamarck (1817: 510) and accepted by Latreille (1818b: 385) himself as the proper Latin name for the French name Morion.

Diversity.

About 40 species (Lorenz 2005: 247) in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (two species), Neotropical (9 species), Australian (15 species), Oriental (eight species), Palaearctic (four species), and Afrotropical (three species) Regions.

Identification.

Allen (1969) reviewed the Western Hemisphere species.