Pentagonicini Bates, 1873, 1853

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 784-785

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Tribe Pentagonicini Bates, 1873

Pentagonicinae Bates, 1873: 225, 320. Type genus: Pentagonica Schmidt-Göbel, 1846.

Scopodinae Bates, 1874: 275. Type genus: Scopodes Erichson, 1842.

Diversity.

Worldwide but excluding Europe and northern Africa, with about 165 species (Lorenz 2005: 445-447) arrayed in five genera: Aeolodermus Andrewes (one Oriental species), Homethes Newman (ten australo-oriental species), Parascopodes Darlington (one Australian species), Pentagonica (about 85 species), and Scopodes Erichson (68 australo-oriental species). The Northern Hemisphere is underrepresented with only 17 species (about 10% of the world fauna).