Cychrini Perty, 1830, 1758

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 153

Tribe Cychrini Perty, 1830

Cychridae Perty, 1830: 6. Type genus: Cychrus Fabricius, 1794.

Diversity.

Northern Hemisphere and mountains in Mexico, with about 200 species arrayed by most authors in four genera: Cychropsis Boileau (about 25 Asian species), Cychrus (about 115 species), Scaphinotus (55 species), and Sphaeroderus (six species).