Pogonini

Pogonini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 80 described species in Pogonini. More than half the species are in the genus Pogonus.

Pogonini
Pogonus senegalensis, France
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Pogonini
Laporte, 1834

The species of Pogonini, except those in the South American genus Ochtozetus, live in saline habitats inland or along ocean coastlines.[1][2]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Pogonini:[1]

References

  1. "Pogonini Laporte, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. Maddison, David R.; Kanda, Kojun; Boyd, Olivia F.; Faille, Arnaud; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny of the beetle supertribe Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Unexpected clades, isolated lineages, and morphological convergence". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 132. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.006.

Further reading

  • Bousquet, Yves; Laplante, Serge (1997). "Taxonomic review of the New World Pogonini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 129 (4): 699–731. doi:10.4039/Ent129699-4.


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