Calosoma Weber, 1801

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 172

Subgenus Calosoma Weber, 1801

Calosoma Weber, 1801: 20. Type-species: Carabus sycophanta Linnaeus, 1758 designated by Latreille (1810: 426).

Callipara Motschulsky, 1866: 309. Type species: Carabus sycophanta Linnaeus, 1758 designated by Géhin (1876b: 114).

Syncalosoma Breuning, 1927: 179. Type species: Calosoma frigidum Kirby, 1837 by original designation. Synonymy established by Lapouge (1931: 400). Etymology. From the Greek prefix syn - (together, with) and the generic name Calosoma [ q.v.] [neuter].

Acalosoma Lafer, 1989: 106. Type species: Carabus inquisitor Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere, with six species in the Nearctic (two species, one of them adventive) and Palaearctic (five species) Regions.

Taxonomic Note.

This subgenus is retained in its narrow sense and excludes members of Australodrepa Lapouge and Calodrepa Motschulsky.