Orthogoniinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...
of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal f ...
s (
family
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Carabidae). Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Orthogoniini of subfamily
Harpalinae
Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ...
, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
It contains the following genera:
* ''
Actenoncus''
Chaudoir, 1871
* ''
Amorphomerus''
Sloane, 1923
* ''
Anoncopeucus''
Chaudoir, 1871
* ''
Glyptus''
Brulle, 1835
* ''
Hexachaetus''
Chaudoir, 1871
* ''
Idiomorphus''
Chaudoir, 1846
* ''
Neoglyptus''
Basilewsky, 1953
* ''
Neoorthogonius''
Tian & Deuve, 2006
* ''
Nepalorthogonius''
Habu, 1979
* ''
Orthogonius''
Macleay, 1825
* ''
Perochnoristhus''
Basilewsky, 1973
* ''
Rathymus''
Dejean, 1831
* ''
Strigia''
Brulle, 1834
References
Beetle subfamilies
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