Oodini

Oodini
Stenocrepis cuprea, Oklahoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Licininae
Tribe: Oodini
La Ferte-Senectere, 1851
Subtribes
  • Dercylina Sloane, 1923
  • Geobaenina Péringuey, 1896
  • Melanchitonina Jeannel, 1948
  • Oodina LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851

Oodini is a ground beetle tribe in the subfamily Harpalinae. Oodines are found worldwide (with highest diversity in tropical Africa) and are generally associated with standing water.[1] This tribe contains more than 400 species arrayed in 43 genera.[2] Beetles in Oodini are distinguishable from other members of Carabidae by a combination of two characters: a laterally coadunate metepisternum (a feature of the exoskeleton), and an elytral ridge formed by the fusion of intervals 7 and 8.[3]

Genera

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These 43 genera belong to the tribe Oodini:[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  2. ^ a b "Oodini LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  3. ^ Bousquet, Yves (May–June 1996). "Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic, Mexican, and West Indian Oodini (Coleoptera: Carabidae))". The Canadian Entomologist. 128 (3): 443–537. doi:10.4039/ent128443-3.
  4. ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.