Onota Chaudoir, 1873

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 833

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Onota Chaudoir, 1873
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Genus Onota Chaudoir, 1873

Onota Chaudoir, 1873b: 165. Type species: Onota bicolor Chaudoir, 1873 designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 280). Etymology (original). From the Greek onos (donkey, ass) and otos (ear), alluding to the shape of the paraglossae (paraglossae membranaceae, parallelae, glabrae, utroque angulo antico late subproducto-rotundato (inde nom. gen.) ) of the adults [feminine].

Diversity.

Ten species in Central America and South America, of which two reach southern United States.

Identification.

This genus has not been revised in modern times and such work is needed.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae