''Brithysternum'' is a genus of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), 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 ...

in the subfamily

Broscinae Broscinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 30 genera and at least 340 described species in Broscinae. Genera These 34 genera belong to the subfamily Broscinae: * ''Acallistus'' Sharp, 1886 * ''Adote ...

. The genus was described by

William John Macleay Sir William John Macleay (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891) was a Scottish-Australian politician, naturalist, zoologist, and herpetologist. Early life Macleay was born at Wick, Caithness, Scotland, second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and h ...

in 1873 with the genus being found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and containing the following species: * '' Brithysternum calcaratum'' Macleay, 1873 * '' Brithysternum macleayi'' Sloane, 1910 * '' Brithysternum nodosum'' Sloane, 1910

References

Broscini Beetles of Australia Carabidae genera {{Broscinae-stub