Notiophilus Dumeril , 1805

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 147

Genus Notiophilus Dumeril, 1805

Notiophilus Duméril, 1805: 194 (as Nothiophilus ). Type species: Cicindela aquatica Linnaeus, 1758 designated by Curtis (1829: plate 254). Etymology. From the Greek adjective notios (wet, moist, damp) and philos (beloved), alluding, incorrectly though, to the habitat requirements of the species known to Duméril at the time [masculine]. Note. Notiophilus is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Nothiophilus in prevailing usage and so deemed to be the correct original spelling (ICZN 1999: Article 33.3.1).

Latviaphilus Barševskis, 1994: 1. Type species: Elaphrus biguttatus Fabricius, 1779 by original designation. Etymology. From the geographic name Latvia and the Greek philos (beloved) [masculine].

Makarovius Barševskis, 1994: 1. Type species: Notiophilus rufipes Curtis, 1829 by original designation.

Diversity.

About 55 species in the arctic, subarctic, boreal, and temperate areas of the Nearctic (15 species, of which two are adventive), Neotropical (two species in mountains of Middle America), and Palaearctic (about 40 species) Regions, including northern Africa (see Barševskis 2007). Two species, Notiophilus aquaticus and Notiophilus borealis , are Holarctic.

Identification.

Lindroth (1961a) reviewed the North American species and provided a key for their identification. One adventive species ( Notiophilus palustris ) has been discovered subsequently in eastern Canada.

Faunistic Note.

Notiophilus rufipes Curtis is known in North America from one specimen collected in Ware County, Georgia ( Barševskis 2004). In my opinion, the specimen could be mislabeled and therefore the species is not considered as a North American entity.