Genus Carenum Bonelli, 1813

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• Carenum Bonelli, F.A. 1813. Observations entomologiques. Part II. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Turin 1811-1812: 433–484 [479].

  Type species:

   Carenum bonellii Westwood, 1842 by monotypy (Bonelli misidentified this insect as Scarities cyaneus Fabricius, 1775).

  Secondary source:

   Westwood, J.O. 1842. On the Scaritideous beetles of New Holland. 81-90 pl. 24 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). Arcana Entomologica or illustrations of new rare and interesting insects. London : Smith Vol. 1 iv 192 pp. 48 pls. [83].
• Arnidius Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [23].

  Type species:

   Arnidius marginatus Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.
• Eutoma Newman, E. 1838. Entomological notes. Entomological Magazine. London 5: 168-181 [170].

  Type species:

   Eutoma tinctilatus Newman, 1838 by monotypy.
• Carenoscaphus Macleay, W.J. 1887. Miscellanea entomologica. No. III - The Scaritidae of New Holland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 115-134 [120].

  Type species:

   Carenum quadripunctatum Macleay, 1863 by subsequent designation, see Moore, B.P. 1987. Suborder Adephaga. pp. 17-366 in Houston, W.W.K. & Richardson, B.J.R. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 viii 444 pp.
• Calliscapterus Macleay, W.J. 1887. Miscellanea entomologica. No. III - The Scaritidae of New Holland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 115-134 [121].

  Type species:

   Carenum campestre Macleay, 1865 by subsequent designation, see Sloane, T.G. 1888. A note on the Carenides, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1101-1122 [7 Dec. 1888] [1055].
• Platythorax Macleay, W.J. 1887. Miscellanea entomologica. No. III - The Scaritidae of New Holland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 115-134 [122].

  Type species:

   Carenum rectangulare Macleay, 1864 by original designation.
• Chariscapterus Sloane, T.G. 1888. A note on the Carenides, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1101-1122 [7 Dec. 1888] [1111] [originally proposed with subgeneric rank in Carenum].

  Type species:

   Carenum cupreomarginatum Blackburn, 1888 by original designation.
• Paliscaphus Sloane, T.G. 1888. A note on the Carenides, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1101-1122 [7 Dec. 1888] [1117] [originally proposed with subgeneric rank in Carenum Bonelli, 1813].

  Type species:

   Paliscaphus felix Sloane, 1888 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lacordaire, J.T. 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères Tom. 1 Contenant les familles des Cicindélètes, Carabiques, Dytiscides, Gyrinides et Palpicornes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret xx 486 pp. [192]
• Csiki, E. 1927. Carabidae: Carabinae II. pp. 315-622 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 1 Pars 92. [Date published 22/Dec/1927] [452]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) ; ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Channel Country (CHC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Kimberley (CK), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC) ; NT, Qld, SA: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN) ; NT, Qld, WA: Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; NT, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, SA, Vic: Finke (FIN), Stony Plains (STP) ; Qld, SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Gibson Desert (GD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Pilbara (PIL)

General References

Garetto, R. & Giachino, P.M. 2005. Notes on the genus Carenum Bonelli, 1813 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). I. The types of The Natural History Museum (London) and of the Oxford University Museum (Oxford). pp. 11-72 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 42, 644 pp.

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