Paussini


Paussini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 25 genera and 610 described species in Paussini. They are found mainly in Africa, southern Asia, and the Pacific, although the genus Homopterus is found in the Americas.

Genera

These 26 genera belong to the tribe Paussini:
  • Allorhopalus Nagel, 2017
  • Arthropterus W.S.MacLeay, 1838
  • Carabidomemnus Kolbe, 1924
  • Cerapterus Swederus, 1788
  • Ceratoderus Westwood, 1841
  • Eohomopterus Wasmann, 1919
  • Euplatyrhopalus Desneux, 1905
  • Heteropaussus J.Thomson, 1860
  • Hexaplatarthrus Jeannel, 1955
  • Homopterus Westwood, 1841
  • Lebioderus Westwood, 1838
  • Leleupaussus Luna de Carvalho, 1962
  • Megalopaussus Lea, 1906
  • Melanospilus Westwood, 1847
  • Mesarthropterus Wasmann, 1926
  • Paussomorphus Raffray, 1885
  • Paussus Linnaeus, 1775
  • Pentaplatarthrus Westwood, 1833
  • Platyrhopalides Wasmann, 1918
  • Platyrhopalopsis Desneux, 1905
  • Platyrhopalus Westwood, 1833
  • Pterorhopalus Maruyama, 2011
  • † Arthropterites Wasmann, 1926
  • † Cerapterites Wasmann, 1926
  • † Eopaussus Wasmann, 1926
  • † Protocerapterus Wasmann, 1926