Oodini Explained
Oodini is a ground beetle tribe in the subfamily Harpalinae. Oodines are found worldwide (with highest diversity in tropical Africa) and are generally associated with standing water.[1] This tribe contains more than 400 species arrayed in 43 genera. Beetles in Oodini are distinguishable from other members of Carabidae by a combination of two characters: a laterally coadunate metepisternum (a feature of the exoskeleton), and an elytral ridge formed by the fusion of intervals 7 and 8.[2]
Genera
These 43 genera belong to the tribe Oodini:
- Acanthoodes Basilewsky, 1953
- Acutosternus Lecordier & Girard, 1988
- Adelopomorpha Heller, 1916
- Anatrichis LeConte, 1853
- Bamaroodes Gueorguiev, 2014
- Brachyodes Jeannel, 1949
- Chaetocrepis Chaudoir, 1857
- Coptocarpus Chaudoir, 1857
- Dercylinus Chaudoir, 1883
- Dercylus Laporte, 1832
- Dicaelindus W.S.MacLeay, 1825
- Evolenes LeConte, 1853
- Geobaenus Dejean, 1829
- Holcocoleus Chaudoir, 1883
- Hoplolenus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
- Lobatodes Basilewsky, 1956
- Lonchosternus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
- Macroprotus Chaudoir, 1878
- Megaloodes Lesne, 1896
- Melanchiton Andrewes, 1940
- Melanchrous Andrewes, 1940
- Microodes Jeannel, 1949
- Miltodes Andrewes, 1922
- Nanodiodes Bousquet, 1996
- Neoodes Basilewsky, 1953
- Nothoodes Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020
- Oodes Bonelli, 1810
- Oodinus Motschulsky, 1865
- Orthocerodus Basilewsky, 1946
- Polychaetus Chaudoir, 1882
- Prionognathus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
- Protopidius Basilewsky, 1949
- Pseudoodes Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020
- Pseudosphaerodes Jeannel, 1949
- Simous Chaudoir, 1882
- Sphaerodinus Jeannel, 1949
- Sphoerodes Chaudoir, 1883
- Stenocrepis Chaudoir, 1857
- Sundaoodes Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020
- Systolocranius Chaudoir, 1857
- Thaioodes Gueorguiev, 2014
- Thryptocerus Chaudoir, 1878
- Trichopalpoodes B.Gueorguiev & J.Schmidt, 2016
Notes and References
- Bousquet. Yves. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 2012. 245. 1–1722. 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. 23431087. 3577090. free.
- Bousquet. Yves. Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic, Mexican, and West Indian Oodini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)). The Canadian Entomologist. May–June 1996. 128. 3. 443–537. 10.4039/ent128443-3.
