Broscini
Tribe of insects
| Broscini | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Broscinae |
| Tribe: | Broscini Hope, 1838 |
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The tribe Broscini is a worldwide group of beetles in the Broscinae subfamily of Carabidae (the ground beetles).
Description
Broscini is divided into five subtribes:[1][2]
- Axonyina: 3 genera (Oriental-Palearctic-Neotropical).
- Broscina: 9 genera (Holoarctic-Oriental).
- Nothobroscina: 10 genera (Australian-Neotropical).
- Barypina: 2 genera (Neotropical).
- Creobiina: 11 genera (Australian-Neotropical).
References
Insects portal
- ^ Darlington, Philip Jackson (1965). Bio-geography of the southern end of the world. Harvard University Press.
- ^ Roig-Juñent, Sergio (2000). The Subtribes and Genera of the Tribe Broscini (Coleoptera, Carabidae): Cladistic Analysis, Taxonomic Treatment, and Biogeographical Considerations. American Museum of Natural History.
- Ball, G. E. (1956). Notes on the genus Zacotus Le Conte, 1869, and on the classification of the tribe Broscini (= Broscidae sensu Jeannel, 1941. Coleoptera, Carabidae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin, 33–52.
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