Abacetini Chaudoir, 1873, 1775

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 487

Tribe Abacetini Chaudoir, 1873

Abacetides Chaudoir, 1873a: 5. Type genus: Abacetus Dejean, 1828.

Celioschesini Jeannel, 1948a: 381, 442. Type genus: Celioschesis Tschitschérine, 1898 (= Aristopus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1853). Note. The stem of Celioschesis is Celioschese - (Madge 1989: 461).

Loxandrina Erwin and Sims, 1984: 383. Type genus: Loxandrus LeConte, 1853.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with approximately 810 species in about 45 genera. The tribe is underrepresented in the Northern Hemisphere with around 75 species (less than 10% of the world fauna). Only five species, all in the genus Abacetus , are known from Europe and northern Africa. The Western Hemisphere is represented by about 235 species (29% of the world fauna) in the genera Adrimus Bates (22 Neotropical species), Loxandrus (about 190 species), Metoncidus Bates (one Neotropical species), Oxycrepis Reiche (four Neotropical species), and Stolonis (19 species). All these genera belong to the loxandrine complex.

Taxonomic Note.

Members of this tribe are often included in the tribe Pterostichini .