Syntomus Hope, 1838

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 810-811

Genus Syntomus Hope, 1838

Syntomus Hope, 1838: 64. Type species: Carabus truncatellus Linnaeus, 1760 by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the Greek syntomos (shortened), alluding to the small size ("body short") of the adults [masculine].

Metabletus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846: 38. Type species: Lebia obscuroguttata Duftschmid, 1812 designated by Andrewes (1934: 201). Synonymy established by Lacordaire (1854: 122). Etymology (original). From the Greek metabletos (variable) [masculine].

Charopterus Motschulsky, 1858: 155. Type species: Carabus truncatellus Linnaeus, 1760 designated by Habu (1967: 238). Etymology. From the Greek charops (glad-eyed, joyous) and pteron (wing, by extension elytron) [masculine].

Apristomorphus Motschulsky, 1861: 104. Type species: Apristomorphus sexpunctatus Motschulsky, 1861 (= Metabletus quadripunctatus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846) by monotypy. Synonymy established, under the name Metabletus Schmidt-Göbel, by Andrewes (1928: 7). Etymology. From the generic name Apristus [ q.v.] and the Greek morphe (form), alluding to the resemblance of the adults to those of Apristus (" dromiide de la forme parallèle des Apristus ") [masculine].

Diversity.

About 50 species (Lorenz 2005: 470-471) in the boreal, temperate, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (one species), Australian (one widely distributed Old World species), Oriental, Palaearctic (about 35 species), and Afrotropical Regions.

Identification.

The North American species is included in Lindroth’s (1969a: 1056) monograph on the Canadian and Alaskan Carabidae .