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 text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Genus Calleida Latreille, 1824 Calleida Latreille [in Latreille and Dejean], 1824: 132. Type species: Carabus decorus Fabricius, 1801 designated by Desmarest (1851: 72). Etymology. From the Greek callos (beauty) and eidos (form), alluding to the elegant form of adults of the two species known to Latreille [feminine]. Callida Agassiz, 1846: 58. Unjustified emendation of Calleida Latreille, 1824. Caloidea Maindron, 1905: 331. Unjustified emendation of Calleida Latreille, 1824. Caloida Bedel, 1907: 265. Unjustified emendation of Calleida Latreille, 1824. Diversity . About 275 species primarily in tropical areas of the Neotropical, Oriental, and Afrotropical Regions (over 95 % of the world fauna) with a few elements found in the Nearctic (11 species) and Palaearctic (ten species in Asia) Regions. The species are arrayed in three subgenera: Calleida s.str. (about 175 species), Callidiola Jeannel (60 species), and Stenocallida Jeannel (40 species), though some authors (e.g., Casale 2008) treat Callidiola and Stenocallida as distinct genera.