Broscini

Broscini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Broscinae
Tribe:	Broscini; Hope, 1838
Synonyms
	Broschidae Hope, 1838 (misspelling); Broscides Putzeys, 1868; Cnemacanthides Lacordaire, 1854; Zacotini Horn, 1882;

The tribe Broscini is a worldwide group of beetles in the Broscinae subfamily of Carabidae (the ground beetles).

Description

Broscini is divided into five subtribes:[1][2]

Axonyina: 3 genera (Oriental-Palearctic-Neotropical).
Broscina: 9 genera (Holoarctic-Oriental).
Nothobroscina: 10 genera (Australian-Neotropical).
Barypina: 2 genera (Neotropical).
Creobiina: 11 genera (Australian-Neotropical).

References

Darlington, Philip Jackson (1965). Bio-geography of the southern end of the world. Harvard University Press.
Roig-Juñent, Sergio (2000). The Subtribes and Genera of the Tribe Broscini (Coleoptera, Carabidae): Cladistic Analysis, Taxonomic Treatment, and Biogeographical Considerations. American Museum of Natural History.

Ball, G. E. (1956). Notes on the genus Zacotus Le Conte, 1869, and on the classification of the tribe Broscini (= Broscidae sensu Jeannel, 1941. Coleoptera, Carabidae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin, 33–52.

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[1] Darlington, Philip Jackson (1965). Bio-geography of the southern end of the world. Harvard University Press.

[2] Roig-Juñent, Sergio (2000). The Subtribes and Genera of the Tribe Broscini (Coleoptera, Carabidae): Cladistic Analysis, Taxonomic Treatment, and Biogeographical Considerations. American Museum of Natural History.