Omophron Latreille, 1802

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 268

Genus Omophron Latreille, 1802

Scolytus Fabricius, 1790: 221 [junior homonym of Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762]. Type species: Carabus limbatus Fabricius, 1777 designated by Latreille (1810: 426). Etymology. Unknown [masculine]. Note. Latreille’s designation was intended for Omophron Latreille but since Omophron is a replacement name for Scolytus Fabricius, both have the same type species and the type fixation for either applies also to the other (ICZN 1999: Article 67.8).

Omophron Latreille, 1802: 89. Replacement name for Scolytus Fabricius, 1790. Etymology. From the Greek omophron (merciless, savage) [neuter, see Allen and Duff (1992: 85)].

Diversity.

About 70 species in the Nearctic (11 species), Neotropical (six species in Middle America), Oriental (16 species), Palaearctic (16 species), and Afrotropical (20 species) Regions. The species are arrayed in two subgenera: Omophron s.str. (about 60 species) and Phrator Semenov (eight species in the Mediterranean region and Africa).