Pogonini is a tribe of ground 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 America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

. There are about 12 genera and more than 80 described species in Pogonini. More than half the species are in the genus Pogonus. The species of Pogonini, except those in the South American genus ''Ochtozetus'', live in saline habitats inland or along ocean coastlines.

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Pogonini: * '' Bedeliolus'' Semenov, 1900 (southwest Asia) * '' Cardiaderus'' Dejean, 1828 (eastern Europe, western Asia.) * '' Diodercarus'' Lutshnik, 1931 (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran) * '' Diplochaetus'' Chaudoir, 1872 (worldwide) * '' Ochtozetus'' Chaudoir, 1872 (South America) * '' Olegius'' Komarov, 1996 (Turkmenistan) * '' Pogonistes'' Chaudoir, 1872 (worldwide) * '' Pogonopsis'' Bedel, 1898 (Tunisia) * '' Pogonus'' Dejean, 1821 (worldwide) * '' Sirdenus'' Dejean, 1828 (worldwide) * '' Syrdenoidius'' Baehr & Hudson, 2001 (Australia) * '' Thalassotrechus'' Van Dyke, 1918 (United States, Mexico)

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