Abacetini
Abacetini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 3 genera and 40 described species in Abacetini.[1][2]
| Abacetini | |
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| Loxandrus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Tribe: | Abacetini Chaudoir, 1873 |
Reproductive System
The Abacetini is a rare animal in terms of its symmetry, due to it having a complete absence of a organ that is usually in a bilateral pair, which just happens to be one of its testis.[3]
Genera
These three genera belong to the tribe Abacetini:
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References
- "Abacetini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- "Abacetini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- Will, Kipling W.; Liebherr, James K.; Maddison, David R.; Galián, José (2005). "Absence asymmetry: The evolution of monorchid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Journal of Morphology. 264 (1): 75–93. doi:10.1002/jmor.10319. ISSN 1097-4687.
- "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-12.
Further reading
- Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–621. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677.
- Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-522-5.
- Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Pensoft Series Faunistica. 66. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-2989. ISSN 1312-0174.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
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