Pogonini

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Pogonini
Pogonus senegalensis, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Pogonini
Laporte, 1834

Pogonini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 80 described species in Pogonini. More than half the species are in the genus Pogonus.

The species of Pogonini, except those in the South American genus Ochtozetus, live in saline habitats inland or along ocean coastlines.[1][2]

Genera[edit]

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Pogonini:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pogonini Laporte, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ Maddison, David R.; Kanda, Kojun; Boyd, Olivia F.; Faille, Arnaud; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny of the beetle supertribe Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Unexpected clades, isolated lineages, and morphological convergence". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 132: 151–176. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.006. PMID 30468941. S2CID 53719574.

Further reading[edit]

  • Bousquet, Yves; Laplante, Serge (1997). "Taxonomic review of the New World Pogonini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 129 (4): 699–731. doi:10.4039/Ent129699-4. S2CID 86387539.