Elaphrus Fabricius, 1775

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 263

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scientific name	Elaphrus Fabricius, 1775
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Genus Elaphrus Fabricius, 1775

Elaphrus Fabricius, 1775: 227. Type species: Cicindela riparia Linnaeus, 1758 designated by Latreille (1810: 425). Etymology. From the Greek elaphros (nimble), probably alluding to the agility of the adults in the field [masculine].

Diversity.

Thirty-nine species in the arctic, subarctic, boreal, and temperate areas of North America (19 species) and Eurasia (24 species). These species are arrayed in five subgenera, all but Sinoelaphrus Shi and Liang (one species in northern China) represented in North America. Four species are Holarctic.

Identification.

Goulet (1983) revised the species then known and provided a key for their identification.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae