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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Tribe
Dyschiriini Kolbe, 1880
Dyschiriini
Kolbe, 1880: 266. Type genus:
Dyschirius
Bonelli, 1810.
Diversity.
Worldwide, with about 300 species arrayed in nine genera:
Akephorus
(two species),
Clivinopsis
Bedel (three species in northern Africa, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan),
Cribrodyschirius
Bruneau de
Mire
(seven species in Africa, Madagascar, and Asia),
Dyschirius
(about 255 species),
Neodyschirius
Kult (one Afrotropical species),
Reicheiodes
Ganglbauer (16 Palaearctic species, including the Himalayas),
Setodyschirius
Fedorenko (13 species from Australia),
Torretassoa
Schatzmayr (one species in Egypt and Yemen), and
Caledyschirius
Bulirsch (five species in New Caledonia). The Northern Hemisphere is well represented with about 220 species (73.5% of the world fauna).