Brachininae is a subfamily of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the family

Carabidae 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 ...

. There are about 7,500 species in 14 genera of the subfamily.

Taxonomy

The subfamily contains two tribes and 14 genera. ; Tribe Brachinini Bonelli, 1810 : '' Aptinoderus'' Hubenthal, 1919 : '' Aptinus'' Bonelli, 1810 : '' Brachinulus'' Basilewsky, 1958 : '' Brachinus'' Weber, 1801 : '' Mastax'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 : '' Pheropsophus'' Solier, 1833 : '' Styphlodromus'' Basilewsky, 1959 : '' Styphlomerus'' Chaudoir, 1875 ; Tribe Crepidogastrini Jeannel, 1949 : '' Brachynillus'' Reitter, 1904 : '' Crepidogaster'' Boheman, 1848 : '' Crepidogastrillus'' Basilewsky, 1959 : '' Crepidogastrinus'' Basilewsky, 1957 : ''

Crepidolomus ''Crepidolomus'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in ''Crepidolomus'', found in Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes th ...

'' Basilewsky, 1959 : '' Crepidonellus'' Basilewsky, 1959

References

Carabidae subfamilies {{Brachininae-stub