Ozaenini Hope, 1838, 1829

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 473

Tribe Ozaenini Hope, 1838

Ozaenidae Hope, 1838: 107. Type genus: Ozaena Olivier, 1811.

Pseudozaenini Sloane, 1905a: 705. Type genus: Pseudozaena Laporte, 1834.

Physeitae Jeannel, 1946: 47. Type genus: Physea Brullé, 1835.

Pachytelini Jeannel, 1946: 47, 48. Type genus: Pachyteles Perty, 1830.

Eustrini Jeannel, 1946: 47, 48. Type genus: Eustra Schmidt-Göbel, 1846.

Diversity.

About 180 species arrayed in 21 genera in the Neotropical Region (about 120 species of which five extend into southwestern United States), Asia (about 40 species in five endemic genera, most species in the Oriental Region, a few in New Guinea, Japan, Taiwan, and Nepal), and Afrotropical Region (about 20 species in two endemic genera).

Identification.

All North American species have been covered in the revision of the ozaenine species of southwestern United States and of selected ones from Mexico by Ball and McCleve (1990). The work includes a key for the identification of ten species.