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