Oodini is a ground beetle tribe in the subfamily

Harpalinae Harpalinae is the largest subfamily of ground beetles, containing more than 19,000 species worldwide. Biology This subfamily contains the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. The morphology of spe ...

. Oodines are found worldwide (with highest diversity in

tropical Africa The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

) and are generally associated with standing water. This tribe contains more than 400 species arrayed in 43 genera. Beetles in Oodini are distinguishable from other members of

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 ...

by a combination of two characters: a laterally coadunate metepisternum (a feature of the

exoskeleton An exoskeleton () . is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the internal organs, in contrast to an internal endoskeleton (e.g. human skeleton, that ...

), and an elytral ridge formed by the fusion of intervals 7 and 8.

Genera

These 43 genera belong to the tribe Oodini: * ''

Acanthoodes ''Acanthoodes centrosternis'' is a species of beetles 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 Amer ...

'' Basilewsky, 1953 * '' Acutosternus'' Lecordier & Girard, 1988 * '' Adelopomorpha'' Heller, 1916 * '' Anatrichis'' LeConte, 1853 * '' Bamaroodes'' Gueorguiev, 2014 * '' Brachyodes'' Jeannel, 1949 * ''

Chaetocrepis ''Chaetocrepis'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, ''Chaetocrepis besckii''. It is found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South Americ ...

'' Chaudoir, 1857 * ''

Coptocarpus ''Coptocarpus'' is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in ''Coptocarpus'', found in Australia and New Caldedonia. Species These 20 species belong to the genus ''Coptocarpus'': * ''Coptocarpus amieuens ...

'' Chaudoir, 1857 * ''

Dercylinus ''Dercylinus'' is a genus in the ground beetle 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 i ...

'' Chaudoir, 1883 * '' Dercylus'' Laporte, 1832 * ''

Dicaelindus ''Dicaelindus'' is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 11 described species in ''Dicaelindus''. Species These 11 species belong to the genus ''Dicaelindus'': * ''Dicaelindus collinus'' Andrewes, 1931 (Indonesia and Borneo) * ...

'' W.S.MacLeay, 1825 * ''

Evolenes ''Evolenes'' is a genus in the ground beetle 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 ...

'' LeConte, 1853 * '' Geobaenus'' Dejean, 1829 * '' Holcocoleus'' Chaudoir, 1883 * '' Hoplolenus'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 * '' Lobatodes'' Basilewsky, 1956 * '' Lonchosternus'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 * '' Macroprotus'' Chaudoir, 1878 * '' Megaloodes'' Lesne, 1896 * ''

Melanchiton ''Melanchiton'' is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in ''Melanchiton'', found in Africa. Species These 53 species belong to the genus ''Melanchiton'': * ''Melanchiton abacetoides'' (Burgeon, 1935) ...

'' Andrewes, 1940 * '' Melanchrous'' Andrewes, 1940 * '' Microodes'' Jeannel, 1949 * '' Miltodes'' Andrewes, 1922 * '' Nanodiodes'' Bousquet, 1996 * '' Neoodes'' Basilewsky, 1953 * '' Nothoodes'' Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020 * '' Oodes'' Bonelli, 1810 * '' Oodinus'' Motschulsky, 1865 * '' Orthocerodus'' Basilewsky, 1946 * '' Polychaetus'' Chaudoir, 1882 * ''

Prionognathus ''Prionognathus'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in ''Prionognathus''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Prionognathus'': * '' Prionognathus fossor'' LaFerté-Sénectère, ...

'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 * '' Protopidius'' Basilewsky, 1949 * '' Pseudoodes'' Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020 * '' Pseudosphaerodes'' Jeannel, 1949 * '' Simous'' Chaudoir, 1882 * '' Sphaerodinus'' Jeannel, 1949 * '' Sphoerodes'' Chaudoir, 1883 * ''

Stenocrepis ''Stenocrepis'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following 31 species: * ''Stenocrepis aeruginea'' (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) * ''Stenocrepis angustipennis'' Chaudoir in Oberthür, 1883 * ''Stenocrepis cayennensis' ...

'' Chaudoir, 1857 * '' Sundaoodes'' Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020 * '' Systolocranius'' Chaudoir, 1857 * '' Thaioodes'' Gueorguiev, 2014 * '' Thryptocerus'' Chaudoir, 1878 * '' Trichopalpoodes'' B.Gueorguiev & J.Schmidt, 2016

References

Licininae Beetle tribes {{licininae-stub