Pterostichini

Pterostichini is a tribe of woodland ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 13 genera and at least 270 described species in Pterostichini.[1][2][3]

Pterostichus morionides

Pterostichini
Gastrellarius honestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Harpalinae
Tribe:	Pterostichini Bonelli, 1810

Genera

• Abaris Dejean, 1831
• Abax Bonelli, 1810
• Cyclotrachelus Chaudoir, 1838
• Gastrellarius Casey, 1918
• Hybothecus Chaudoir, 1874
• Lophoglossus LeConte, 1853
• Myas Sturm, 1826
• Piesmus LeConte, 1846
• Poecilus Bonelli, 1810
• Pseudabarys Chaudoir, 1873
• Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810
• Stereocerus Kirby, 1837
• Stomis Clairville, 1806

References

1. "Pterostichini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. "Pterostichini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. "Pterostichini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Bousquet, Y. (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 245: 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
• Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.