Pasimachus Bonelli, 1813

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 271

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scientific name	Pasimachus Bonelli, 1813
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Genus Pasimachus Bonelli, 1813 View in CoL View at ENA

Pasimachus Bonelli, 1813: 476. Type species: Scarites depressus Fabricius, 1787 designated by Hope (1838: 94). Etymology. Probably from the Greek pasi (the whole, all, very, by extension universal) and machetes (warrior, fighter) contracted [masculine].

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with 32 species arrayed in two subgenera: Emydopterus Lacordaire (13 Middle American species) and Pasimachus s.str. (19 species).

Identification.

Bänninger (1950) reviewed all the species and provided a key for their identification. Purrington and Drake (2005: 254-255) published a key to the North American species. A modern taxonomic revision of the genus is needed as challenging problems remain to be resolved (Ball and Bousquet 2000: 76).