Pseudomorphini Hope, 1838, 1834

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 843

Tribe Pseudomorphini Hope, 1838

Pseudomorphidae Hope, 1838: 108 (as Heteromorphidae ). Type genus: Pseudomorpha Kirby, 1823 (as Heteromorpha Kirby, 1823). Note. This family-group name is based on an incorrect original spelling of the name of its type genus ( Heteromorpha ) and must be corrected (ICZN 1999: Article 35.4.1). Therefore Heteromorphidae is corrected to Pseudomorphidae Hope, 1838.

Diversity.

About 325 species (Lorenz 2005: 388-390) in the Western Hemisphere (35 species) and the Australian (285 species, close to 90% of the world fauna), Oriental (four species of Cryptocephalomorpha ), and Afrotropical (one species of Cryptocephalomorpha in South Africa) Regions. These species are arrayed in 12 genera: Adelotopus Hope (123 Australian species), Cainogenion Notman (11 Australian species), Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema (seven species in the Eastern Hemisphere), Manumorpha Erwin and Geraci (one South American species), Notopseudomorpha Baehr (two species in South America), Paussotropus Waterhouse (one Australian species), Procainogenion Baehr (one Australian species), Pseudomorpha (30 species), Samiriamorpha Erwin and Geraci (one species in Peru), Sphallomorpha Westwood (145 Australian species), Tuxtlamorpha Erwin and Geraci (one species in Middle America), and Yasunimorpha Erwin and Geraci (one species from Ecuador).