Abacetini

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

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]

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. ^ a b "Abacetini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "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. PMID 15732050. S2CID 38195864.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading[]

External links[]

  • Media related to Abacetini at Wikimedia Commons


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