Nothobroscina Explained

Nothobroscina Roig-Juñent 2000 is one of five subtribes within the ground beetle tribe Broscini. The subtribe consists of ten genera from the Gondwanan countries: Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and southern South America.^{[1] [2]} All of these genera are endemic to their respective country, i.e., none of the genera are shared across any of the Gondwanan countries.

Genera

• Chylnus
• Diglymma
• Eurylychnus
• Mecodema
• Monteremita
• Nothobroscus
• Oregus
• Orthoglymma
• Percolestus
• Percosoma

References

Liebherr, J. K., Marris, J. W., Emberson, R. M., Syrett, P., & Roig‐Juñent, S. (2011). Orthoglymma wangapeka gen. n., sp. n.(Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini): a newly discovered relict from the Buller Terrane, north‐western South Island, New Zealand, corroborates a general pattern of Gondwanan endemism. Systematic Entomology, 36(3), 395–414.

Seldon, David S., and Gregory I. Holwell. (2019) "Monteremita gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a new genus of ground beetle from New Caledonia." Austral Entomology 58, 4: 724–728.

Slipinski, A., & Lawrence, J. (Eds.). (2019). Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). CSIRO PUBLISHING.Juñent, S. R., & Ball, G. E. (1995). Nothobroscus chilensis, new genus and new species, from southern South America (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). The Coleopterists' Bulletin, 301–312.

Notes and References

1. Roig-Juñent. Sergio. September 2000. The subtribes and genera of the tribe Broscini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) : cladistic analysis, taxonomic treatment, and biogeographical considerations. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 15. 3. 1–90. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)255<0001:TSAGOT>2.0.CO;2 . 0003-0090. 2246/1603. 85796620 .
2. Martin Häckel, Jan Farkač and David W. Wrase . 2010 . A check-list of the tribe Broscini Hope, 1838 of the World (Coleoptera: Carabidae) . Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series . 6 . 1–2 . 43–84.