Pogonus Dejean, 1821

Muñoz-Santiago, José & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2022, Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region, European Journal of Taxonomy 846 (1), pp. 75-109 : 90

Subgenus Pogonus Dejean, 1821

Pogonus Dejean, 1821: 9 .

Calopogonus Lutshnik, 1927: 89 ;

type species Pogonus smaragdinus Waltl, 1835 .

Nogopus Lutshnik, 1927: 89 ;

type species Pogonus reticulatus Schaum, 1857 .

Raptor Lutshnik, 1927: 89 ;

type species Pogonus riparius Dejean, 1828 .

Type species

Carabus littoralis Duftschmid, 1812 .

Diagnoses

Tegument with metallic sheen (at least in the head and pronotum). Up to 5 setigerous pores in the 3 rd interstria (commonly 3); the rest of interstriae are glabrous.

Description

Length: 5.0–8.0 mm. Tegument generally green or bronze, uniform in most of the species; in P. luridipennis and P. pallidipennis the elytra are a testaceous. Anterior angles of the pronotum glabrous. Base of the pronotum slightly curvilinear.

Distribution

The distribution range of the subgenus is similar to that of the genus.