Paussini

Paussini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. 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.

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, 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)
* '' 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'' Linnaeus, 1775 (mainly Africa and southern Asia)
* '' Pentaplatarthrus'' Westwood, 1833 (Africa)
* '' Platyrhopalides'' Wasmann, 1918 (Bhutan, China, India)
* '' Platyrhopalopsis'' Desneux, 1905 (Indomalaya)
* '' Platyrhopalus'' 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

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