Peleciini

Peleciini
Eripus oaxacanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Panagaeinae
Tribe:	Peleciini Chaudoir, 1880
Subtribes
Agonicina Sloane, 1920 Peleciina Chaudoir, 1880

Peleciini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 90 described species in Peleciini. They are found mainly in the southern hemisphere. ^{[1] [2]}

Genera

These subtribes and genera belong to the tribe Peleciini:

• Subtribe Agonicina Sloane, 1920
  • Agonica Sloane, 1920 (Australia)
  • Pseudagonica B.Moore, 1960 (Australia)
• Subtribe Peleciina
  • Ardistomopsis Straneo & Ball, 1989 (India, Sri Lanka)
  • Disphericus G.R.Waterhouse, 1842 (Africa)
  • Dyschiridium Chaudoir, 1861 (Africa, Vietnam)
  • Eripus Dejean, 1829 (Mexico, Central and South America)
  • Pelecium Kirby, 1819 (Central and South America)
  • Stricteripus Straneo & Ball, 1989 (South America)

References

1. "Peleciini Chaudoir, 1880". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-03-04.