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Tribe Abacetini

Oxycrepis (Stolonis) intercepta (Chaudoir) - Oxycrepis intercepta Ground Beetle  - Loxandrus Carabid - Oxycrepis crenata - male 923C11 - Oxycrepis floridana - female Pterostichini? - Loxandrus Loxandrus brevicollis - Oxycrepis brevicollis - male Oxycrepis celeris ? - Oxycrepis vulneratus Rex Hancock-J.2012.08 - Oxycrepis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Pterostichitae
Tribe Abacetini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Loxandrini Erwin & Sims, Celioschesini Jeannel
nearctic members of this tribe used to be treated in 2 genera, now both sunk into Oxycrepis as subgenera in (1)
Explanation of Names
Abacetini Chaudoir 1873
Numbers
45 spp. in a single genus (2 subgenera) of the subtribe Loxandrina in our area, >800 spp. in >40 genera of 2 subtribes worldwide(1)(2)
Range
worldwide, mostly Old World (map); >90% of spp. in the southern hemisphere: Loxandrina (4 genera) in the New World & Australasia, Abacetina (dozens of genera) paleotropical(1); in our area, primarily southeastern(2)