title: Taxonomic review of Cratocerus Dejean, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) with the description of six new species.
abstract: A diagnosis of the South and Central American genus Cratocerus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and a key to all species is provided. Eight species are recognized including six species that are newly described: Cratocerus sinesetosus sp. n. from French Guiana and Peru; Cratocerus multisetosus sp. n. from Costa Rica and Panama; Cratocerus tanyae sp. n. from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico; Cratocerus indupalmensis sp. n. a species widely distributed throughout Central and South America; Cratocerus kavanaughi sp. n. from French Guiana and Peru; and Cratocerus culpepperi sp. n. from Peru. A lectotype for Cratocerus sulcatus Chaudoir is designated. Habitus images are provided along with illustrations and images of male genitalia, female genitalia, and diagnostic morphological characters.
authors: ESPM Department and Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
authors: Traci L
authors: TL
authors: Grzymala
authors: ESPM Department and Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
authors: Kipling W
authors: KW
authors: Will
keywords: Cratocerina; Cratocerini; Harpalinae; Pterostichinae; key; revision