| Trechini | |
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| Pseudanophthalmus colemanensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Trechinae |
| Tribe: | Trechini Bonelli, 1810 |
| Subtribes | |
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| Diversity | |
| at least 270 genera | |
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. [1] [2]
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The ground beetles of this tribe are small, typically less than 5 mm in length and sometimes 1 mm or less. They occur in a wide variety of habitats on every continent except Antarctica. [3] Though the extinct genus Antarctotrechus indicates that they were formerly present on that continent.
