Stenocallida (Calleida), Latreille, 1824

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 828

Subgenus Calleida Latreille, 1824

Calleida Latreille [in Latreille and Dejean], 1824: 132. Type species: Carabus decorus Fabricius, 1801 designated by Desmarest (1851: 72).

Spongoloba Chaudoir, 1873b: 152. Type species: Calleida fulgida Dejean, 1831 designated by Habu (1960: 157). Synonymy established by Horn (1882: 139). Etymology (original). From the Greek spongos (sponge) and lobos (lobe), alluding to the bilobed, with spongy pubescence underneath, of the male fourth protarsomere (" tarsi ... anteriores articulo ... quarto fortiter bilobo, lobis ovatis latis, subtus dense spongiosis ") [feminine].

Lecalida Casey, 1920: 288. Type species: Lecalida pimalis Casey, 1920 (= Callida platynoides Horn, 1882) by original designation. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 280). Etymology. Anagram of the generic name Calleida [q.v.] [feminine].

Diversity.

About 175 species confined to the Western Hemisphere. Only 11 species are endemic (five species) or extends (six species) into the Nearctic Region.

Identification.

There is no key for the identification of the North American species.