Pseudomorphinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
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 (
family
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Carabidae). Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Pseudomorphini of subfamily
Harpalinae
Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ...
, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
It contains the following genera:
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Adelotopus
''Adelotopus'' 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 Europ ...
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Hope, 1834
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Cainogenion
''Cainogenion'' 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 Euro ...
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Notman, 1925
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Cryptocephalomorpha
''Cryptocephalomorpha'' 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 ...
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Ritsema, 1875
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Guyanemorpha''
Terry L. Erwin, 2013
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Paussotropus
''Paussotropus cylindricum'' 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 America an ...
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Waterhouse, 1877
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Protoscalidion
''Protoscalidion rugia'' 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 America and 2, ...
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Schaufuss, 1888
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Pseudomorpha
''Pseudomorpha'' 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 Eu ...
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Kirby, 1825
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Sphallomorpha
''Sphallomorpha'' 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 E ...
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Westwood, 1837
References
Carabidae subfamilies
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