Subtribe Anillina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Remarks · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Trechinae

Tribe Bembidiini

Subtribe Anillina

Explanation of Names

Anillina Jeannel 1937

Numbers

5 described genera in our area:

Anillodes Jeannel. 3 described spp, CA

Anillinus Casey. 66 described spp, eastern US west to TX, OK.

Anillaspis Casey. Two decribed spp, caves in the Sierra Nevada, CA, both apparently known only from their female holotypes.

Medusapyga LaBonte and Maddison. Two described species from OR and WA(1).

Serranillus Barr. Four described species, southern Appalachians.

An undescribed genus known from caves in California includes the largest anilline in the world(2).

Size

Most are 2mm or less. By far the largest anilline in the world is an undescribed species in an undescribed genus known from a cave in California (2)

Remarks

Molecular phylogenetics support treating this group as a tribe of its own that is sister to (Sinozolini + (Zolini + Bembidiini)) + (Pogonini + Tachyini).(3)

Works Cited

1.	Medusapyga LaBonte and Maddison, a new genus of Anillini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) from the Pacific Northwest [...] LaBonte, J.R. and D.R. Maddison. 2023. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.

2.	The Cave Fauna of California W.R. Elliott, J.R. Reddell, D.C. Rudolph, G.O. Graening, T.S. Briggs, D. Ubick, R.L. Aalbu, J. Krejca, S.J. Taylor. 2017. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) Volume 64, Supplement 1.

3.	Phylogeny of the beetle supertribe Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Unexpected clades, isolated lineages, and [...] D.R. Maddison, K. Kanda, O.F. Boyd, A. Faille, N. Porch, T.L. Erwin, and S. Roig-Junent. 2019. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Contributed by v belov on 11 December, 2012 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Thrasher
Last updated 8 March, 2023 - 4:09pm

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