Paussini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family
Carabidae
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. There are more than 25 genera and 610 described species in Paussini. They are found mainly in Africa, southern Asia, and the Pacific, although the genus ''Homopterus'' is found in the Americas.
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Genera
These 26 genera belong to the tribe Paussini:
* '' Allorhopalus'' Nagel, 2017 (China and Indonesia)
* '' Arthropterus'' W.S.MacLeay, 1838 (Australia)
* '' Carabidomemnus'' Kolbe, 1924 (Africa)
* '' Cerapterus'' Swederus, 1788 (Africa)
* '' Ceratoderus'' Westwood, 1841 (South and East Asia)
* '' Eohomopterus'' Wasmann, 1919 (Ecuador, Brazil)
* '' Euplatyrhopalus'' Desneux, 1905 (Indomalaya
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, southeast Asia)
* '' Heteropaussus'' J.Thomson, 1860 (Africa, Indomalaya)
* '' Hexaplatarthrus'' Jeannel, 1955 (Madagascar)
* '' Homopterus'' Westwood, 1841 (Mexico, Central and South America)
* '' Lebioderus'' Westwood, 1838 (China, Southeast Asia, Oceania
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* '' Leleupaussus'' Luna de Carvalho, 1962 (South Africa)
* '' Megalopaussus'' Lea, 1906 (Australia)
* '' Melanospilus'' Westwood, 1847 (Indomalaya, Southeast Asia)
* '' Mesarthropterus'' Wasmann, 1926 (Ethiopia)
* '' Paussomorphus'' Raffray, 1885 (Africa)
* ''Paussus
''Paussus'' is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 360 described species in ''Paussus'', found in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
These beetles, along with others in the subfamily Paussinae, are known as flanged bo ...
'' Linnaeus, 1775 (mainly Africa and southern Asia)
* ''Pentaplatarthrus
''Pentaplatarthrus'' is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in ''Pentaplatarthrus'', found in Africa. These are ant nest beetles and are obligate myrmecophiles, predatory on ant larvae and workers.
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'' Westwood, 1833 (Africa)
* ''Platyrhopalides
''Platyrhopalopsis'' is a genus of flanged-bombardier 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 No ...
'' Wasmann, 1918 (Bhutan, China, India)
* '' Platyrhopalopsis'' Desneux, 1905 (Indomalaya)
* ''Platyrhopalus
''Platyrhopalus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
* ''Platyrhopalus acutidens'' Westwood, 1833
* ''Platyrhopalus cardoni'' Wasmann, 1904
* ''Platyrhopalus castelnaudi'' Westwood, 1874
* ''Platyr ...
'' Westwood, 1833 (Indomalaya and temperate Asia)
* '' Pterorhopalus'' Maruyama, 2011 (Indonesia and Malaysia)
* † '' Arthropterites'' Wasmann, 1926
* † '' Cerapterites'' Wasmann, 1926
* † '' Eopaussus'' Wasmann, 1926
* † '' Protocerapterus'' Wasmann, 1926
References
Paussinae
Beetle tribes
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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