Metallicina Basilewsky, 1984, 1801

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 834

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scientific name	Metallicina Basilewsky, 1984
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Subtribe Metallicina Basilewsky, 1984

Metallicini Basilewsky, 1984: 534, 542. Type genus: Metallica Chaudoir, 1873.

Diversity.

About 70 species (Lorenz 2005: 490) in the Nearctic (three species), Neotropical (16 species of Euproctinus ), Oriental, Palaearctic (31 species), and Afrotropical Regions. These species are arrayed in four genera: Parena Motschulsky (47 species), Metallica Chaudoir (six species), Pachycallida Jeannel (three species), and Euproctinus (16 species).

Taxonomic Note.

This subtribe came out as the sister-group to { Calleidina + Gallerucidiina } in the phylogenetic analysis of Ball et al. (1995).