Belongs within: Pterostichitae.
Leiradira is a genus of ground beetles found in eastern Australia, characterised by a deep body, heavy head with relatively long and acuminate mandibles, geniculate antennae, mentum lacking a tooth, and inner lobe of maxilla lined with long slender teeth.
Leiradira Castelnau 1867 LM87
|–L. (Leiradira) LM87
| |–*L. (L.) auricollis Castelnau 1867 (see below for synonymy) LM87
| |–L. (L.) alternans Darlington 1953 LM87
| |–L. (L.) blandula Tschitschérine 1898 LM87
| |–L. (L.) latreillei Castelnau 1867 LM87
| | |–L. l. latreillei [incl. L. liopleura Chaudoir 1868] LM87
| | `–L. l. chaudoiri Straneo 1941 LM87
| `–L. (L.) puella Tschitschérine 1898 LM87
|–L. (Metadira Darlington 1961) LM87
| |–L. (*M.) aurifer Darlington 1961 LM87
| |–L. (M.) alticola Darlington 1961 LM87
| |–L. (M.) opacistriatis (Sloane 1902) [=Notonomus opacistriatis] LM87
| `–L. (M.) soror Darlington 1961 LM87
`–L. (Stomimorphus Straneo 1953) LM87
|–L. (*S.) violacea (Straneo 1953) [=*Stomimorphus violaceus] LM87
|–L. (S.) jacobi Darlington 1961 LM87
`–L. (S.) tenuis Darlington 1961 LM87
*Leiradira (Leiradira) auricollis Castelnau 1867 [incl. L. cupreicollis Tschitschérine 1897, L. purpurascens Tschitschérine 1897] LM87
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[LM87] Lawrence, J. F., B. P. Moore, J. E. Pyke & T. A. Weir. 1987. Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.