Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810, 1805

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 804-805

Subtribe Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810

Dromiei Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type genus: Dromius Bonelli, 1810. Note. The spelling of the family-group name based on Dromius was emended to Dromiusidae by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 2006).

Lichnasthenitae J. Thomson, 1858: 35 (as Lichnastenitae ), 458. Type genus: Lichnasthenus Thomson, 1858.

Lionychidae Jeannel, 1948a: 378, 380. Type genus: Lionychus Wissmann, 1846.

Singilini Jeannel, 1949a: 881, 915. Type genus: Singilis Rambur, 1837.

Metadromiina Basilewsky, 1984: 543. Type genus: Metadromius Bedel, 1907.

Metaxymorphina Basilewsky, 1984: 549. Type genus: Metaxymorphus Chaudoir, 1850.

Singiliomimina Basilewsky, 1984: 552. Type genus: Singiliomimus Péringuey, 1896.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 735 species arrayed in 48 genera (Lorenz 2005: 470-478, 480, as Lionychina , Pseudotrechina , Dromiina , Lichnasthenina , Singilina , plus Metaxymorphus ). The North American fauna is represented by 33 species (about 4.5 % of the world fauna), of which two are adventive.

Taxonomic Note.

Jeannel (1949a: 991) grouped this subtribe and the demetriadines under the subfamily Dromiitae and stated that this complex is characterized by having the basal bulb of the median lobe reduced. The peliocypidines were included in this subtribe by Ball and Bousquet (2000: 112).