Paussini

Paussini
Cerapterus pilipennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Paussinae
Tribe:	Paussini Latreille, 1806
Subtribes
Carabidomemnina Wasmann, 1928 Cerapterina Billberg, 1820 Heteropaussina Janssens, 1950 Homopterina Wasmann, 1920 Paussina Latreille, 1806 Pentaplatarthrina Jeannel, 1946 † Arthropteritina Luna de Carvalho, 1961 † Eopaussina Luna de Carvalho, 1951

Paussini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 25 genera and 610 described species in Paussini. They are found mainly in Africa, southern Asia, and the Pacific, although the genus Homopterus is found in the Americas.

Genera

These 26 genera belong to the tribe Paussini:

• Allorhopalus Nagel, 2017 (China and Indonesia)
• Arthropterus W.S.MacLeay, 1838 (Australia)
• Carabidomemnus Kolbe, 1924 (Africa)
• Cerapterus Swederus, 1788 (Africa)
• Ceratoderus Westwood, 1841 (South and East Asia)
• Eohomopterus Wasmann, 1919 (Ecuador, Brazil)
• Euplatyrhopalus Desneux, 1905 (Indomalaya, southeast Asia)
• Heteropaussus J.Thomson, 1860 (Africa, Indomalaya)
• Hexaplatarthrus Jeannel, 1955 (Madagascar)
• Homopterus Westwood, 1841 (Mexico, Central and South America)
• Lebioderus Westwood, 1838 (China, Southeast Asia, Oceania)
• Leleupaussus Luna de Carvalho, 1962 (South Africa)
• Megalopaussus Lea, 1906 (Australia)
• Melanospilus Westwood, 1847 (Indomalaya, Southeast Asia)
• Mesarthropterus Wasmann, 1926 (Ethiopia)
• Paussomorphus Raffray, 1885 (Africa)
• Paussus Linnaeus, 1775 (mainly Africa and southern Asia)
• Pentaplatarthrus Westwood, 1833 (Africa)
• Platyrhopalides Wasmann, 1918 (Bhutan, China, India)
• Platyrhopalopsis Desneux, 1905 (Indomalaya)
• Platyrhopalus Westwood, 1833 (Indomalaya and temperate Asia)
• Pterorhopalus Maruyama, 2011 (Indonesia and Malaysia)
• † Arthropterites Wasmann, 1926
• † Cerapterites Wasmann, 1926
• † Eopaussus Wasmann, 1926
• † Protocerapterus Wasmann, 1926