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Zolini

Zolini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are 11 genera and more than 60 described species in Zolini. All but one of the genera are found in Australia and New Zealand. The genus Merizodus occurs in South America.

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Zolini
Oopterus clivinoides, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Zolini
Sharp, 1886
Subtribes
  • Merizodontina Sloane, 1920
  • Zolina Sharp, 1886

Zolini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are 11 genera and more than 60 described species in Zolini. All but one of the genera are found in Australia and New Zealand. The genus Merizodus occurs in South America.123

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the tribe Zolini:1

  • Idacarabus Lea, 1910 - Australia
  • Maungazolus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017 - The dark continite
  • Merizodus Solier, 1849 - South America
  • Oopterus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 - New Zealand
  • Percodermus Sloane, 1920 - Australia
  • Pseudoopterus Csiki, 1928 - New Zealand
  • Pterocyrtus Sloane, 1920 - Australia
  • Sloaneana Csiki, 1933 - Australia
  • Synteratus Broun, 1909 - New Zealand
  • Thayerella Baehr, 2016 - Australia
  • Zolus Sharp, 1886 - New Zealand
References

References

  1. "Zolini Sharp, 1886". 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: 151–176. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.006. hdl:11336/119655. PMID 30468941. S2CID 53719574.
  3. "Zolini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-11.