RHYSODIDAE Laporte, 1840, 1844

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 124-125

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

RHYSODIDAE Laporte, 1840
status

 

Family RHYSODIDAE Laporte, 1840

Rhysodites Laporte, 1840: 291. Type genus: Rhysodes Germar, 1822.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 355 species arrayed in six tribes: Clinidiini (about 135 species), Dhysorini (ten species), Leoglymmiini (one species), Medisorini (one species), Omoglymmiini (about 180 species), and Rhysodini (about 25 species). Over 90% of the species are found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Identification.

Bell (1970) revised the North American, Middle American, and West Indies species and provided keys for their identification.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Rhysodidae