Pterostichini

Pterostichini
Poecilus chalcites, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pterostichinae
Tribe: Pterostichini
Bonelli, 1810
Subtribes
  • Abacetina Chaudoir, 1873
  • Euchroina Chaudoir, 1874
  • Loxandrina Erwin & Sims, 1984
  • Metiina Straneo, 1951
  • Pterostichina Bonelli, 1810
Diversity
at least 180 genera

Pterostichini is a tribe of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae. There are about 180 genera and more than 3,800 described species in Pterostichini.