Cnides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Trechinae |
Tribe: | Trechini |
Subtribe: | Trechodina |
Genus: | Cnides Motschulsky, 1862 |
Cnides is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 11 described species in Cnides, found in Central and South America. [1] [2]
These 11 species belong to the genus Cnides:
Bembidion is the largest genus of beetles in the family Carabidae by number of species. All species are small and move very fast. Most of them live close to water. The genus has a biantitropical distribution, meaning they are found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, but not in the tropics. In warmer regions it is substituted by closely related Tachys and other genera.
Pseudanophthalmus is a genus of cave beetle. Over 200 species have been described in the caves of ten states of the eastern United States.
Brachinus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Nearctic, Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Beetles in this genus are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles. The genus contains the following species:
Acupalpus is a genus of insect-eating beetle species. Its representatives are found across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Apotominae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains the single genus Apotomus with the following species:
Leptotrachelus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Leptotrachelus.
Calybe is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Eucaerus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about seven described species in Eucaerus, found in North, Central, and South America.
Xenitenus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Perigona is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Licininae is a subfamily of in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 80 genera and 1,800 described species in Licininae.
Lymnastis is a genus of ground beetles of the subfamily Trechinae.
Blennidus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 120 described species in Blennidus, found in South America.
Scaritinae is a large subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing more than 2400 species in over 140 genera. They are found worldwide.
Trechisibus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 150 described species in Trechisibus.
Pachydesus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Bembidiini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 120 genera and 3,100 described species in Bembidiini.
Lebiini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 genera and 4,800 described species in Lebiini.
Trechini is a large tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 270 genera and over 2,400 described species in Trechini, found throughout the world.