Stereocerus Kirby, 1837
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Genus Stereocerus Kirby, 1837 View in CoL View at ENA
Stereocerus Kirby, 1837: 34. Type species: Stereocerus similis Kirby, 1837 (= Feronia haematopus Dejean, 1831) by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek stereos (solid, firm, hard) and ceros (horn, by extension antenna), alluding to the stout antennae ("antennae robust") of the adults [masculine].
Boreobia Tschitschérine, 1896b: 375. Type species: Feronia imitatrix Tschitschérine, 1896 (= Feronia haematopus Dejean, 1831) designated by Bousquet (1984a: 4). Etymology. From the Greek boreas (north) and bios (life) [feminine].
Diversity.
Two Holarctic species in the arctic, subarctic, and boreal regions.
Identification.
Lindroth (1966) redescribed both species and provided a mean for their identification through his key to Canadian species of Pterostichus .
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Stereocerus Kirby, 1837
Bousquet, Yves 2012 |
Boreobia
Tschitscherine 1896 |
Feronia imitatrix
Tschitscherine 1896 |
Stereocerus
Kirby 1837 |
Stereocerus similis
Kirby 1837 |