Geopinus LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 654

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Geopinus LeConte, 1847
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Genus Geopinus LeConte, 1847 View in CoL View at ENA

Geopinus LeConte, 1847: 371. Type species: Daptus incrassatus Dejean, 1829 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek prefix geo- (earth) and pinos (dirt, filth), probably alluding to the habitat where LeConte found his specimens (" terram laborans, quasi fodiens ") [masculine].

Diversity.

One North American species in the temperate regions.

Identification.

The species is covered in Lindroth’s (1968: 832-833) monograph.

Taxonomic Note.

This taxon has always been treated as a valid genus. In a phylogenetic analysis based on characters of the adult conducted by Noonan (1973: Fig. 241), this taxon nested within the genus Anisodactylus . Bousquet and Tchang’s (1992: 769) phylogenetic analysis based on larval characters suggested that Geopinus may be the sister-group to Gynandrotarsus of the genus Anisodactylus . Based on these two studies, Anisodactylus as presently recognized is probably paraphyletic. However, I prefer to leave Geopinus , with its highly distinctive species, as a distinct genus until more conclusive evidence is found.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Geopinus LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Geopinus

LeConte 1847
1847
Loc

Daptus incrassatus

Dejean 1829
1829