Cychrini is a tribe 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 i ...

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 fami ...

. There are about 6 genera and more than 300 described species in Cychrini. Scaphinotus longiceps

Genera

These six genera belong to the tribe Cychrini: * '' Cychropsis'' Boileau, 1901 - China and the Indian subcontinent * ''

Cychrus ''Cychrus'' is a large genus of rare snail-eating beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 160 described species in ''Cychrus''. They are found throughout the world, although more than 80 percent of the species occur in China. ''Cychr ...

'' Fabricius, 1794 -

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...

* ''

Maoripamborus ''Maoripamborus fairburni'' is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only described species in the genus (though there are some reports of an additional undescribed species). The genus is endemic to the northern North Island of New Ze ...

'' Brookes, 1944 - New Zealand * ''

Pamborus ''Pamborus'' is a genus 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 America and 2,700 in Europe. ...

'' Latreille, 1812 - Australia * ''

Scaphinotus ''Scaphinotus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless. Spe ...

'' Dejean, 1826 - North America * ''

Sphaeroderus ''Sphaeroderus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found in North America. The genus contains the following species: * '' Sphaeroderus bicarinatus'' (LeConte, 1853) * '' Sphaeroderus canadensis'' Chaudoir, 1861 * '' Sphaeroderus ind ...

'' Dejean, 1826 - North America

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