Syntomus Hope, 1838

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 810-811

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scientific name

Syntomus Hope, 1838
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Genus Syntomus Hope, 1838

Syntomus Hope, 1838: 64. Type species: Carabus truncatellus Linnaeus, 1760 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek syntomos (shortened), alluding to the small size ("body short") of the adults [masculine].

Metabletus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846: 38. Type species: Lebia obscuroguttata Duftschmid, 1812 designated by Andrewes (1934: 201). Synonymy established by Lacordaire (1854: 122). Etymology (original). From the Greek metabletos (variable) [masculine].

Charopterus Motschulsky, 1858: 155. Type species: Carabus truncatellus Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Habu (1967: 238). Etymology. From the Greek charops (glad-eyed, joyous) and pteron (wing, by extension elytron) [masculine].

Apristomorphus Motschulsky, 1861: 104. Type species: Apristomorphus sexpunctatus Motschulsky, 1861 (= Metabletus quadripunctatus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846) by monotypy. Synonymy established, under the name Metabletus Schmidt-Göbel, by Andrewes (1928: 7). Etymology. From the generic name Apristus [q.v.] and the Greek morphe (form), alluding to the resemblance of the adults to those of Apristus (" dromiide de la forme parallèle des Apristus ") [masculine].

Diversity.

About 50 species (Lorenz 2005: 470-471) in the boreal, temperate, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (one species), Australian (one widely distributed Old World species), Oriental, Palaearctic (about 35 species), and Afrotropical Regions.

Identification.

The North American species is included in Lindroth’s (1969a: 1056) monograph on the Canadian and Alaskan Carabidae .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Syntomus Hope, 1838

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Apristomorphus

Motschoulsky 1861
1861
Loc

Apristomorphus sexpunctatus

Motschulsky 1861
1861
Loc

Charopterus

Motschoulsky 1858
1858
Loc

Metabletus

Schmidt-Goebel 1846
1846
Loc

Metabletus quadripunctatus

Schmidt-Goebel 1846
1846
Loc

Metabletus

Schmidt-Goebel 1846
1846
Loc

Apristus

Chaudoir 1846
1846
Loc

Apristus

Chaudoir 1846
1846
Loc

Syntomus

Hope 1838
1838
Loc

Lebia obscuroguttata

Duftschmid 1812
1812