Anchomenus Carabus prasinus Carabus dorsalis Ectenes Carabus prasinus Carabus dorsalis Clibanarius Clibanarius Carabus dorsalis Chlaeniomimus Chlaenius gracilicollis Atranus virescens Chlaenius Chlaenius Idiochroma Clibanarius Pseudanchus Platynus funebris Anchus Nipponachus Anchomenus leucopus Anchus Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet, Yves ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 8LTPF 69D3CB38-311E-5943-87B5-529BE5801BD6 Bonelli, 1810 Bonelli 1810 Insecta Carabidae Anchomenus GBIF Animalia (Anchomenus) Coleoptera 734 735 Arthropoda subGenus Anchomenus   AnchomenusBonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type species:  Carabus prasinusThunberg, 1784 (=  Carabus dorsalisPontoppidan, 1763) designated by Westwood (1838: 3).  EctenesBillberg, 1820: 29. Type species:  Carabus prasinusThunberg, 1784 (=  Carabus dorsalisPontoppidan, 1763) designated by Bousquet (2002b: 19).  Clibanariusdes Gozis, 1882: 295 [junior homonym of  ClibanariusDana, 1852]. Type species:  Carabus dorsalisPontoppidan, 1763 by original designation. Etymology. From the Latin clibanarius(cuirassier) [masculine].  ChlaeniomimusSemenov, 1889b: 687. Type species:  Chlaenius gracilicollisJakowleff, 1887 (=  Atranus virescensMotschulsky, 1864) by original designation. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991b: 33). Etymology. From the generic name  Chlaenius[ q.v.] and the Latin mimus(actor), probably alluding to the resemblance of the adults in the eyes of Semenov to those of some  Chlaenius[masculine].  IdiochromaBedel, 1902: 216. Replacement name for  Clibanariusdes Gozis, 1882. Etymology. From the Greek idios(personal, individual) and chroma(color) [neuter].  PseudanchusCasey, 1920: 45. Type species:  Platynus funebrisLeConte, 1854 designated by Lindroth (1966: 632). Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991b: 33). Etymology. From the Greek pseudos(fallacy, lie) and the generic name  Anchus[ q.v.] [masculine].  NipponachusHabu, 1978: 36. Type species:  Anchomenus leucopusBates, 1873 by original designation. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991b: 33). Etymology. From the English nippon(a Japanese name for Japan) and the generic name  Anchus[ q.v.] [masculine].  Diversity. Eleven species in North America (three endemic species), Baja California (one endemic species), Asia (seven species, four of them endemic), Europe (three species), and northern Africa (one species).