Abacetini

Abacetini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 3 genera and 40 described species in Abacetini.[1][2]

Abacetini
Loxandrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Abacetini
Chaudoir, 1873

Reproductive System

The Abacetini is a rare animal in terms of its symmetry, due to it having a complete absence of a organ that is usually in a bilateral pair, which just happens to be one of its testis.[3]

Genera

These three genera belong to the tribe Abacetini:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. "Abacetini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. "Abacetini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. Will, Kipling W.; Liebherr, James K.; Maddison, David R.; Galián, José (2005). "Absence asymmetry: The evolution of monorchid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Journal of Morphology. 264 (1): 75–93. doi:10.1002/jmor.10319. ISSN 1097-4687.
  4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

  • Media related to Abacetini at Wikimedia Commons


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