Calleida Latreille, 1824

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 827-828

Genus Calleida Latreille, 1824

Calleida Latreille [in Latreille and Dejean], 1824: 132. Type species: Carabus decorus Fabricius, 1801 designated by Desmarest (1851: 72). Etymology. From the Greek callos (beauty) and eidos (form), alluding to the elegant form of adults of the two species known to Latreille [feminine].

Callida Agassiz, 1846: 58. Unjustified emendation of Calleida Latreille, 1824.

Caloidea Maindron, 1905: 331. Unjustified emendation of Calleida Latreille, 1824.

Caloida Bedel, 1907: 265. Unjustified emendation of Calleida Latreille, 1824.

Diversity.

About 275 species primarily in tropical areas of the Neotropical, Oriental, and Afrotropical Regions (over 95 % of the world fauna) with a few elements found in the Nearctic (11 species) and Palaearctic (ten species in Asia) Regions. The species are arrayed in three subgenera: Calleida s.str. (about 175 species), Callidiola Jeannel (60 species), and Stenocallida Jeannel (40 species), though some authors (e.g., Casale 2008) treat Callidiola and Stenocallida as distinct genera.