Harpalus (Trichotichnus), Morawitz, 1863

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 720

Subgenus Trichotichnus Morawitz, 1863

Trichotichnus Morawitz, 1863: 63. Type species: Trichotichnus longitarsis Morawitz, 1863 by monotypy.

Asmerinx Tschitschérine, 1898b: 183. Type species: Carabus laevicollis Duftschmid, 1812 designated by Tschitschérine (1900a: 363). Synonymy established by Reitter (1908: 174).

Pteropalus Casey, 1914: 64, 131. Type species: Harpalus vulpeculus Say, 1823 designated by Habu (1954a: 245). Synonymy established by Csiki (1932a: 1217).

Carbanus Andrewes, 1937: 27. Type species: Carbanus flavipes Andrewes, 1937 (= Trichotichnus claripes Lorenz, 1998) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Noonan (1976: 43).

Velimius Jedlička, 1952: 51. Type species: Velimius edai Jedlička, 1952 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Habu (1973a: 224).

Lyter Darlington, 1968: 40, 63. Type species: Lyter glaber Darlington, 1968 by original designation. Synonymy established by Noonan (1985: 67).

Diversity.

About 120 species in the Nearctic (two eastern species), Australian (six species), Oriental (about 25 species), and Palaearctic (about 90 species, the vast majority in its eastern part) Regions.