Lionepha is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 11 described species in Lionepha.[1][2] Members of the genus are found in western North America from Alaska in the north, south to southern California and east to Colorado. The genus is morphologically similar to Bembidion, however they are genetically quite distinct.[3]

Lionepha
Lionepha osculans (Bembidion osculans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Bembidiini
Subtribe: Bembidiina
Genus: Lionepha
Casey, 1918
Type species
Bembidion erasum
LeConte, 1859
Species

11, see text.

Species

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There are currently 11 described species in Lionepha divided into two groups:[3]

L. erasa group:

L. osculans group:

Synonyms

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The following is a list of selected synonyms:

Bembidion brumale Casey, 1918 is a synonym of Lionepha casta.

Lionepha erasa has multiple junior synonyms:[4]

  • Lionepha chintimini (Erwin & Kavanaugh, 1981)
  • Lionepha lindrothella (Erwin & Kavanaugh, 1981)
  • Lionepha lummi (Erwin & Kavanaugh, 1981)

Additionally, many species were formerly placed in the genus Bembidion, but later moved to Lionepha on the basis of genetic evidence.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lionepha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  3. ^ a b c Maddison, David R., and John S. Sproul. "Species delimitation, classical taxonomy and genome skimming: a review of the ground beetle genus Lionepha (Coleoptera: Carabidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189.4 (2020): 1313-1358.
  4. ^ Maddison, David (2020-04-03). "Ten years later: the Lionepha paper is out". The Subulate Palpomere. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.