Perigonini Horn, 1881, 1810

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 780-781

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Tribe Perigonini Horn, 1881

Trechichinae Bates, 1873: 224, 281 [nomen oblitum, see Bouchard et al. (2011: 140, 836-837)]. Type genus: Trechicus LeConte, 1853.

Perigonae G.H. Horn, 1881: 143 [nomen protectum]. Type genus: Perigona Laporte, 1835.

Diversity.

About 120 species (Lorenz 2005: 438-439), mainly in the tropical regions, arrayed in five genera. Only one endemic species ( Perigona pallipennis ) is found in North America and one in Europe ( Galiciotyphlotes weberi Assmann from northwestern Spain).