Klepterus (Dromius), Bonelli, 1810

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 805

Subgenus Dromius Bonelli, 1810

Dromius Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type species: Carabus quadrimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent monotypy in Samouelle (1819: 155).

Eudromius Acloque, 1896: 49 [junior homonym of Eudromius Gould, 1841]. Type species: Dromius testaceus Erichson, 1837 (= Dromius angustus Brullé, 1834) designated by Bousquet (2002b: 20). Synonymy established by Bousquet (2002b: 20).

Dinodromius Casey, 1920: 277. Type species: Dromius piceus Dejean, 1831 designated by Lindroth (1969a: 1041). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1041). Etymology. Probably from the Greek prefix dino - (terrible, fearful) and the generic name Dromius [ q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

About 50 species in the Nearctic (two species, one of them adventive), Neotropical (20 species), Australian (one adventive species in New Zealand), Oriental (four species), and Palaearctic (28 species) Regions.

Identification.

Larson (1998: 126) discussed the structural differences between the two species found in North America.