Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative spelling: Scaritides
Synonyms: Promecognathinae Le Conte 1853, Promecognathini Le Conte 1853
Full reference: F. A. Bonelli. 1810. Observations Entomologiques. Première Partie (Cicindélètes et Portion des Carabiques) 1-58
Parent taxon: Carabidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Lawrence and Newton 1995, LeConte 1861, McKay 1991 and Tamutis et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Antemnacrassa, Apotomopterus, Ataktosites, Bembidium, Brachininae, Brachinites, Broscinae, Carabidium, Carabinae, Carabites, Carabites, Carabopteron, Cavicarabus, Celeripedes, Cicindelites, Conjunctiinae, Cratacanthus florissantensis, Elaphrinae, Elaphrotites, Fangshania, Feronites, Fonsecacarabus, Fossores, Gehringiinae, Glenopterus, Hadrocephalus, Harpalinae, Harpalomimes, Hebeicarabus, Lithocantharis, Loricera exita, Loricerinae, Meileyingia, Metagrilium, Migadopinae, Nebriinae, Nebrorabus, Neothanes, Notokistus, Omophroninae, Paussinae, Platyninae, Procarabites, Protopaussinae, Protorabinae, Rhopalochlaenius, Rhysodinae, Siagoninae, Sinocarabus, Stereocerus, Sunocarabus, Trechinae, Trechoides, Trechus fractus, Tremembecarabus, Wongyekokia, Wuchangicarabus, Yunnanocarabus
Subtaxa: Clivinini Dyschiriini Dyschiriomimus Palaeoaxinidiini Scaritini
Type: Scarites
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Greenland (6), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (14), United States (12: Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin)
• Miocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Alaska)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Lithuania (1)
• Cretaceous of Botswana (1)
Total: 43 collections including 55 occurrences