Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 472

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829
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Genus Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829 View in CoL View at ENA

Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829: 7. Type species: Metrius contractus Eschscholtz, 1829 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek metrios (moderate, modest) [masculine].

Diversity.

Two species in western North America.

Identification.

Bousquet and Goulet (1990) commented on the structural differences between the two species and on the three subspecies of Metrius contractus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Metrius

Eschscholtz 1829
1829
Loc

Metrius contractus

Eschscholtz 1829
1829