Broscini Hope, 1838, 1813

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 307

Tribe Broscini Hope, 1838

Broschidae Hope, 1838: 80. Type genus: Broscus Panzer, 1813.

Diversity.

About 290 species ( Häckel et al. 2010) in the Nearctic (four species, one of them adventive), Neotropical (about 30 species, one in Mexico, the other ones in South America), Australian (about 180 species), Oriental (five species), and Palaearctic (about 70 species) Regions placed in 34 genera. The genera are arrayed in five subtribes ( Roig-Juñent 2000): Broscina (about 75 species), Creobiina (about 95 species in South America and the Australian Region), Anoxyina (five species in Mexico, Iran, and the Oriental Region), Baripodina (about 25 South American species), and Nothobroscina (about 90 species in the Australian Region and one in Chile). The group is better represented in the New World with about 215 species (74% of the world fauna) than in the Old World.