Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Author
Bousquet, Yves
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
bousquety1@yahoo.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Subtribe
Lebiina Bonelli, 1810
Lebiotae
Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type genus:
Lebia
Latreille, 1802.
Encratidae
Gistel, 1856: 355. Type genus:
Encrates
Gistel, 1848 (=
Lebia
Latreille, 1802).
Lampriadae
Chaudoir, 1871a: 115. Type genus:
Lamprias
Bonelli, 1810.
Diversity.
Worldwide, with about 800 species arrayed in 25 genera (Lorenz 2005: 481-489). The North American fauna has 49 species (about 6 % of the world fauna) placed in two genera.
Taxonomic Note.
Casale's
(1998: Fig. 91) cladistic analysis suggests that this subtribe is possibly the sister-group to {cymindidines + dromiusines + physoderines + agrines + metallicines + calleidines + demetriadines + peliocypadines}.