PTEROSTICHITAE Bonelli, 1810

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 486

Supertribe PTEROSTICHITAE Bonelli, 1810

Pterostichii Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type genus: Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 6,400 species arrayed in the following 24 tribes: Abacetini (about 810 species), Amorphomerini (two species in the genus Amorphomerus Sloane), Bascanini (ten species in the genus Bascanus Péringuey), Brachygnathini (seven species in the genus Brachygnathus Perty), Chaetodactylini (about 20 species in the genus Chaetodactyla Tschitschérine), Chaetogenyini (five species), Chlaeniini (about 980 species), Cnemalobini (about 30 species), Cratocerini (four species), Cuneipectini (two species in the genus Cuneipectus Sloane), Dercylini (35 species in the genus Dercylus Laporte), Drimostomatini [= Caelostomini ] (about 290 species), Glyptini (nine species), Idiomorphini (ten species), Melanchitonini (about 70 species), Metiini (about 75 species), Microcheilini (two species in the genus Microcheila Brullé), Morionini (about 85 species), Oodini (about 300 species), Orthogoniini (about 120 species), Panagaeini (about 270 species), Peleciini (about 75 species), Pterostichini (about 2,500 species), and Zabrini (about 700 species).