Oreocarabus (Megodontus), Solier, 1848

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 196

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scientific name	Oreocarabus (Megodontus)
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Treatment

Subgenus Megodontus Solier, 1848

Megodontus Solier, 1848: 58. Type species: Carabus caelatus Fabricius, 1801 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek megas (large) and odontos (tooth), probably alluding to the large mentum tooth of the adult (" dent du sinus du mentum grande ") [masculine].

Megalodontus Jacobson, 1905: 217. Unjustified emendation of Megodontus Solier, 1848.

Nabicarabus Kwon and Lee, 1984: 102. Type species: Carabus vietinghoffii Adams, 1812 by original designation. Synonymy established by Deuve (1994a: 153). Etymology. From the Greek nabis (giraffe) and the generic name Carabus [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-two species (Deuve 2004: 363-375) in North America (one Holarctic species) and Eurasia (22 species).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Oreocarabus