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Pterostichinae

Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae). It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.

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8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Woodland Ground Beetles

tribePterostichini

Seed-eating Ground Beetles

tribeZabrini

Abacetini

tribeAbacetini

Morionini

tribeMorionini

Cnemalobini

tribeCnemalobini

Cratocerini

tribeCratocerini

Chaetodactylini

tribeChaetodactylini

Microcheilini

tribeMicrocheilini

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