Euryderus LeConte, 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 685

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Euryderus LeConte, 1846
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Treatment

Genus Euryderus LeConte, 1846 View in CoL View at ENA

Euryderus LeConte, 1846a: 151. Type species: Euryderus zabroides LeConte, 1846 (= Amara grossa Say, 1830) by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek eurys (broad, wide) and dere (neck, by extension pronotum), alluding to the broad pronotum (" thorax... longitudine duplo latior ") of the adult [masculine].

Nothopus LeConte, 1852b: 67. Unnecessary replacement name for Euryderus LeConte, 1846 [incorrectly supposed to be a junior homonym of Eurydera Laporte, 1831]. Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek nothos (spurious) and pous (foot) [masculine].

Diversity.

One North American species in the temperate regions.

Identification.

Ball (1960b) and Lindroth (1968: 747-748) treated the species.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae