Omophron

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Omophroninae
Tribus: Omophronini
Genus: Omophron

Subgenera: O. (Omophron) – O. (Phrator)

Overview of species: O. aequale – O. affine – O. africanum – O. alluaudi – O. amandae – O. americanum – O. axillare – O. baenningeri – O. barsevskisi – O. bicolor – O. brettinghamae – O. capense – O. capicola – O. chelys – O. clavareaui – O. congoense – O. dentatum – O. depressum – O. dissimile – O. distinctum – O. ethiopiense – O. gemmeum – O. ghesquierei – O. gilae – O. grandidieri – O. gratum – O. grossum – O. guttatum – O. hainanense – O. interruptum – O. jacobsoni – O. labiatum – O. limbatum – O. lunatum – O. luzonicum – O. maculosum – O. madagascariense – O. mexicanum – O. minutum – O. multiguttatum – O. nepalense – O. nitidum – O. oberthueri – O. obliteratum – O. oblongiusculum – O. ovale – O. parvum – O. piceopictum – O. pictum – O. picturatum – O. porosum – O. pseudotestudo – O. riedeli – O. robustum – O. rotundatum – O. saigonense – O. schoutedeni – O. severini – O. smaragdus – O. solidum – O. sphaericum – O. stictum – O. striaticeps – O. tessellatum – O. testudo – O. variegatum – O. virens – O. vittatum – O. vittulatum – O. yunnanense
O. aequale dentatum - O. gilae - O. gemmeum - O. grossum - O. interruptum - O. jacobsoni

Name

Omophron Latreille, 1802: 89. nom. nov.

Type species: Scolytus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Scolytus Fabricius, 1790: 221 (junior homonym of Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762)
Type species: Carabus limbatus Fabricius, 1777 (designated by Latreille 1810: 426).
Heterotypic
Andromophron Semenov, 1922
Epacter Semenov, 1922
Epactius Schneider, 1791
Homophron Fischer de Waldheim, 1828
Homophron Rye, 1875
Homophron Semenov, 1922
Istor Semenov, 1922
Lithophilus Schneider, 1791
Oligomophron Semenov, 1922
Paromophron Semenov, 1922
Phromoon Lucnik, 1933
Prosecon Semenov, 1920
Scolyttus Billberg, 1820
Solytus Hope, 1838
Stenomophron Semenov, 1920

Omophron limbatum

References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, xii + pp. 13–467 + [1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Valainis, U. 2010. Description of a new Omophron Latreille, 1802 species from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Omophronini). Baltic journal of coleopterology 10(1): 13–17. abstract and pdf
Valainis, U. 2011. Revision of the Omophron (Phrator) ‘vittulatum’ species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Baltic journal of coleopterology 11(2): 117–126. abstract and pdf

Links

Omophron – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Omophron – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Ground beetles of the tribe Omophronini (Carabidae): atlas of beetles of Russia
Nomina Insecta Nearctica

Omophron is a genus of ground beetle (Carabidae), the only extant genus in the subfamily Omophroninae. It is mostly distributed in the Northern Hemisphere with the southern border running through Guatemala and Hispaniola in Americas, South Africa and Madagascar in Africa, Malaysia and Philippines in Asia.[1]
Species

Omophron contains 68 species divided into two subgenera:[2]

Subgenus Omophron Latriele, 1802

Omophron aequale Morawitz, 1863
Omophron affine Banninger, 1918
Omophron africanum Rousseau, 1908
Omophron amandae Valainis, 2010
Omophron americanum Dejean, 1831
Omophron axillare Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron baenningeri Dupuis, 1912
Omophron bicolor Andrewes, 1919
Omophron brettinghamae Pascoe, 1860
Omophron capense Gory, 1833
Omophron capicola Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron chelys Andrewes, 1921
Omophron clavareauli Rousseau, 1900
Omophron congoense Deleve, 1924
Omophron dentatum LeConte, 1852
Omophron dissimile Deleve, 1924
Omophron distinctum Banninger, 1918
Omophron gemmeum Andrewes, 1921
Omophron ghesquierei Deleve, 1924
Omophron gilae LeConte, 1852
Omophron gratum Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron grossum Casey, 1909
Omophron guttatum Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron hainanense Tian et Deuve, 2000
Omophron interruptum Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron labiatum Fabricius, 1801
Omophron limbatum Fabricius, 1777
Omophron lunatum Banninger, 1918
Omophron luzonicum Darlington, 1967
Omophron maculosum Chaudoir, 1850
Omophron madagascariense Chaudoir, 1850
Omophron mexicanum Dupuis, 1912
Omophron minutum Dejean, 1831
Omophron nitidum LeConte, 1848
Omophron oberthueri Gestro, 1892
Omophron obliteratum Horn, 1870
Omophron oblonguisculum Chevrolat, 1835
Omophron ovale Horn, 1870
Omophron parvum Tian et Deuve, 2000
Omophron piceopictum Wrase, 2002
Omophron pictum Wiedemann, 1823
Omophron picturatum Boheman, 1860
Omophron porosum Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron pseudotestudo Tian et Deuve, 2000
Omophron riedeli Emden, 1932
Omophron robustum G. Horn, 1870
Omophron rotundatum Chaudoir, 1852
Omophron saigonense Chaudoir, 1868
Omophron severini Dupuis, 1911
Omophron smaragdum Andrewes, 1921
Omophron solidum Casey, 1897
Omophron sphaericum Chevrolat, 1835
Omophron stictum Andrewes, 1933
Omophron striaticeps Gestro, 1888
Omophron tesselatum Say, 1823
Omophron testudo Andrewes, 1919
Omophron virens Andrewes, 1929
Omophron vittatum Wiedemann, 1823
Omophron yunnanense Tian et Deuve, 2000

Subgenus Phrator Semenov, 1992

Omophron alluaudi Dupuis, 1913
Omophron barsevskisi Valainis, 2011
Omophron depressum Klug, 1853
Omophron grandidieri Alluaud, 1899
Omophron multiguttatum Chaudoir, 1850
Omophron rothschildi Alluaud, 1918
Omophron schoutedeni Deleve, 1924
Omophron tessellatum Say, 1823[3]
Omophron variegatum Olivier, 1811
Omophron vittulatum Fairmaire, 1894

References

Valainis, Uldis (2010). "A review of genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Palearctic fauna and distribution" (PDF). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 10 (2): 105–128.
"List of Omophron species". Carabidae of the World. Institute of Systematic Biology (Daugavpils University). Retrieved 12 November 2012.
"GBIF, Omophron tessellatum".