Colliuris DeGeer, 1774

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 786-787

Genus Colliuris DeGeer, 1774

Colliuris DeGeer, 1774: 79. Type species: Attelabus surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Latin collum (neck, by extension pronotum), al luding to the unusually long pronotum (" à cause de la grande étendue de leur corcelet qui leur forme comme un très long col ") of the adult [feminine].

Collyris Agassiz, 1846: 94 [junior homonym of Collyris Fabricius, 1801]. Unjustified emendation of Colliuris DeGeer, 1774.

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with about 100 species (Lorenz 2005: 442-444, as Cosnania and Colliuris ) in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (five species) and Neotropical Regions. The species are arrayed in 20 subgenera.

Identification.

Bousquet (2010b) reviewed the Nearctic, Mexican and West Indian (Greater Antilles) species and provided a key for their identification.

Taxonomic Note.

Liebke (1930, 1938) recognized an array of subgenera and several appear to be polyphyletic assemblages. A taxonomic revision of the genus is much needed. Lorenz (2005: 442) recognized Cosnania as generically distinct from Colliuris . I see no reason to support this approach particularly since Cosnania , as currently recognized, is likely polyphyletic (see below).