Diplocheila (Isorembus), Jeannel, 1949

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Subgenus Isorembus Jeannel, 1949

Isorembus Jeannel, 1949a: 771. Type species: Rembus aegyptiacus Dejean, 1831 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek isos (equal) and the generic name Rembus [q.v.] [masculine].

Submera Habu, 1956a: 50, 58. Type species: Rembus zeelandicus Redtenbacher, 1868 by original designation. Synonymy established by Ball (1959: 48). Etymology (original). From the generic name Rembus [q.v.] spelled in reverse with the addition of a terminal a [feminine]. Note. Lafer and Kataev (2008) argued that Submera should be considered as a valid subgenus.

Shirahataia Habu, 1956a: 50, 63. Type species: Submera macromandibularis Habu and Tanaka, 1956 by original designation. Synonymy established by Ball (1959: 48). Etymology. The generic name was proposed for Kôtarô Shirahata [1914-1980], a Japanese policeman interested mainly in Odonata but also in various groups of beetles. After his retirement in 1969, Shirahata (born K. Suzuki) worked as a part-time researcher at the Yamagata Prefectural Museum (Shun-Ichi Uéno pers. comm. 2009).

Diversity.

Eighteen species in the Nearctic (nine species), Oriental (three species), Palaearctic (five species), and Afrotropical (two species, one shared with northern Africa and Spain) Regions. Several species listed in this subgenus by Lorenz (2005: 342-343) belong to the subgenus Diplocheila s.str.