Selenophorus Dejean

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 26

Genus Selenophorus Dejean

Selenophorus Dejean, 1829: 80. TYPE SPECIES: Carabus palliatus Fabricius (designation by Hope 1838: 84).- Gemminger and Harold 1868: 251.- Csiki 1932: 1195.- Blackwelder 1944: 48.- Lindroth 1968: 821.- Noonan 1976: 41.- Reichardt 1977: 428.- Erwin and Sims 1984: 441.- Noonan 1985a: 38.- Ball 1992: 84.- Lorenz 1998: 355.- Lorenz 2005: 376.- Bousquet 2012: 1137.

Gynandropus Dejean, 1831: 810, 817. TYPE SPECIES: Gynandropus americanus Dejean (= G. hylacis Say) by monotypy.- Gemminger and Harold 1868: 259.- Csiki 1932: 1194.- Blackwelder 1944: 48.- Lindroth 1968: 820.- Noonan 1976: 42.- Reichardt 1977: 428.- Erwin and Sims 1984: 440 (listed as a junior synonym here).- Noonan 1985a: 39 (formally synonomized here).- Lorenz 1998: 355.- Lorenz 2005: 377.- Bousquet 2012: 1143.

Hemisopalus Casey, 1914: 134, 135. - TYPE SPECIES: Selenophorus opalinus LeConte (by original designation).- Csiki 1932: 1196.- Blackwelder 1944: 49.- Lindroth 1968: 823.- Noonan 1976: 41.- Reichardt 1977: 428.- Erwin and Sims 1984: 440.- Lorenz 1998: 355.- Lorenz 2005: 376.- Bousquet 2012: 1140.

Celiamorphus Casey, 1914: 134, 141. TYPE SPECIES: Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean (designated by Lindroth 1968: 828).- Csiki 1932: 1196. - Blackwelder 1944: 49.- Noonan 1976: 41.- Reichardt 1977: 428.- Erwin and Sims 1984: 440.- Lorenz 1998: 356.- Lorenz 2005: 378.- Bousquet 2012: 1137.

Recognition.

This genus is markedly divergent in its external features, includes a large number of species, and therefore, it is not possible to give an easy means of recognition. Identification of its members is best accomplished by use of the keys provided here, above.

Included taxa.

The 30 taxa of Selenophorus (sensu lato) recorded in the West Indies plus one doubtful species are arranged in two subgenera, and 10 species groups, with number of species in each group in parentheses: subgenus Celiamorphus -- discopunctatus species group (2), latior species group (3) and seriatoporus species group (1); subgenus Selenophorus (sensu stricto)-- hylacis species group (5), mundus species group (3), nonseriatus species group (3), opalinus species group (7), palliatus species group (4), parumpunctatus species group (2) and striatopunctatus species group (1).