PAUSSINAE Latreille, 1806, 1835

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 472

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Subfamily PAUSSINAE Latreille, 1806

Paussili Latreille, 1806: 234. Type genus: Paussus Linnaeus, 1775.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 735 species in 47 genera. These genera are placed in five tribes: Metriini (three species), Mystropomini (two species in the genus Mystropomus ), Ozaenini (about 180 species), Paussini (about 560 species), and Protopaussini (eight species in the genus Protopaussus Gestro). The Northern Hemisphere fauna is represented by about 70 species (roughly 9.5% of the world fauna) and North America by only seven species (less than 1% of the world fauna).