Stenolophina Kirby, 1837, 1882

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 658

Subtribe Stenolophina Kirby, 1837

Stenolophidae Kirby, 1837: 46. Type genus: Stenolophus Dejean, 1821.

Polpochilinae Bates, 1891b: 10. Type genus: Polpochila Solier, 1849.

Acupalpini Tschitschérine, 1900a: 342, 351. Type genus: Acupalpus Latreille, 1829.

Cratocarini Casey, 1914: 48, 299. Type genus: Cratocara LeConte, 1863 (= Polpochila Solier, 1849).

Bradycellini Jeannel, 1942: 693, 700. Type genus: Bradycellus Erichson, 1837.

Anthracini Schuler, 1970: 113, 114. Type genus: Anthracus Motschulsky, 1850.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 625 species (Lorenz 2005: 353-362) arrayed in approximately 35 genera. The Northern Hemisphere is represented by about 325 species (roughly 52% of the world fauna) and North America alone by 102 species (16.3%).

Taxonomic Note.

Ball and Bousquet (2000: 90) recognized two genus-groups among the North American taxa, the Polpochili for the genus Polpochila and Stenolophi for all remaining genera.