Helluonini Hope, 1838, 1801

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 842

Tribe Helluonini Hope, 1838

Helluonidae Hope, 1838: 110. Type genus: Helluo Bonelli, 1813.

Diversity.

Worldwide (though absent from Europe) with about 180 species (Lorenz 2005: 510-512) arrayed in 26 genera: five of these genera (about 60 species) are represented in the Western Hemisphere and 21 (about 120 species) in the Eastern Hemisphere. The group is underrepresented in the Northern Hemisphere with 14 species (about 8% of the world fauna), only five of them being endemic (about 3%). Two subtribes are recognized: Helluonina , with 40 species in the Australian Region, and Omphrina with about 140 species.