Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative spelling: Cryobius
Parent taxon: Pterostichus according to Y. Bousquet 2012
See also Kiselev and Nazarov 2009
Sister taxa: Pterostichus (Argutor), Pterostichus (Bothriopterus), Pterostichus (Eosteropus), Pterostichus (Hypherpes), Pterostichus (Lamenius), Pterostichus (Lenapterus), Pterostichus (Leptoferonia), Pterostichus (Melanius), Pterostichus (Metallophilus), Pterostichus (Phonias), Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus), Pterostichus (Steropus), Pterostichus abnormis, Pterostichus abrogatus, Pterostichus cancellatus, Pterostichus costatus, Pterostichus depletus, Pterostichus destitutus, Pterostichus destructus, Pterostichus distinctus, Pterostichus dormitans, Pterostichus fernquisti, Pterostichus fractus, Pterostichus gelidus, Pterostichus gracilis, Pterostichus gurnetensis, Pterostichus laevigatus, Pterostichus melanarius, Pterostichus minor, Pterostichus minutulus, Pterostichus molestus, Pterostichus niger, Pterostichus nigrita, Pterostichus parens, Pterostichus pumpellyi, Pterostichus strenuus, Pterostichus stygicus, Pterostichus sublaevis, Pterostichus tundrae, Pterostichus vernalis, Pterostichus vetustus, Pterostichus walcotti
Subtaxa: Pterostichus (Cryobius) arcticola Pterostichus (Cryobius) blanduloides Pterostichus (Cryobius) brevicornis Pterostichus (Cryobius) pinguedineus Pterostichus (Cryobius) planus Pterostichus (Cryobius) riparius Pterostichus (Cryobius) ventricosus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Greenland (8), the Russian Federation (41), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 57 collections including 67 occurrences