Brasiella Rivalier, 1954

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 217-218

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scientific name	Brasiella Rivalier, 1954
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Genus Brasiella Rivalier, 1954

Brasiella Rivalier, 1954: 261. Type species: Cicindela argentata Fabricius, 1801 by original designation. Etymology. Unknown [feminine].

Diversity.

Thirty-eight Neotropical species (Lorenz 2005: 58), of which one extends into southwestern North America.

Faunistic Note.

The Cuban Brasiella viridicollis (Dejean) is known in North America from a single specimen, probably a stray, collected in the Florida Keys in 1983 (Schiefer 2005: 551; Pearson et al. 2006: 151). The species is not considered here as a North American entity.