Cychrus Fabricius, 1794

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 155

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scientific name

Cychrus Fabricius, 1794
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Genus Cychrus Fabricius, 1794

Cychrus Fabricius, 1794a: 440. Type species: Carabus rostratus Linnaeus sensu Fabricius, 1775 (= Tenebrio caraboides Linnaeus, 1758) designated by Latreille (1810: 426). Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from Cychreus , son of Poseidon and Salamis, or from Cychros , a city in Thrace near a lake whose water was unhealthy [masculine]. Duméril (1823: 167) stated that Cychros was the name of a bird (probably in Pliny the Elder) but I have not been able to confirm this. Note. Fabricius (1794b: 70) used the spelling Cychrys for this genus in another publication issued the same year. Dates of publication of both works are unknown besides the year. Bousquet (2002b: 16) acted as First Reviser and opted for Cychrus as the valid name.

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with about 115 species (Lorenz 2005: 64-66) in the Nearctic (two western species) and Palaearctic Regions.

Identification.

Gidaspow (1973) revised the North American species. Lindroth (1961a: 25-26) covered the species in his monograph of the Canadian and Alaskan Carabidae .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Cychrus Fabricius, 1794

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Cychreus

Rafinesque 1814
1814
Loc

Carabus rostratus

Duftschmid 1812
1812
Loc

Cychrus

Fabricius 1794
1794
Loc

Cychrys

Fabricius 1794
1794
Loc

Cychrus

Fabricius 1794
1794
Loc

Tenebrio caraboides

Linnaeus 1758
1758