Feronia (Monoferonia), Casey, 1918

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 525

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Feronia (Monoferonia)
status

 

Subgenus Monoferonia Casey, 1918

Monoferonia Casey, 1918: 322, 363. Type species: Evarthrus mancus LeConte, 1853 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek monos (one) and the generic name Feronia [q.v.], probably alluding to the presence of a single discal setigerous puncture on the third elytral interval in these Feronia (= Pterostichus ) species [feminine].

Diversity.

Four species in the Appalachian region of eastern North America.

Identification.

Darlington (1932) reviewed the species and provided a key for their identification.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Feronia

Loc

Feronia (Monoferonia)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Monoferonia

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Pterostichus

Bonelli 1810
1810