Published February 29, 2012 | Version v1
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Helluonini Hope 1838

  • 1. Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology The New College, Royapettah Chennai- 670014, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
  • 2. Litter Entomology Research Unit Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology St. Joseph's College, Devagiri Calicut- 673008, Kerala, INDIA
  • 3. Zhao Danyang Department of Entomology College of Natural Resources and Environment South China Agricultural University, Wushan Guangzhou- 510640, CHINA

Description

Key to the Indian genera of the tribe Helluonini (modified from Sloane 1914)

1. Wingless forms; mentum with a strongly developed stout median tooth; legs stout. ................. ......................................................................................................................... Omphra Dejean

– Winged forms; mentum with an elongated spiniform median tooth; legs slender. ................... 2

2(1). Tarsi with fourth joint deeply bilobed. ............................................................ Creagris Nietner

– Tarsi with fourth joint entire. ...................................................................................................... 3

3(2). Fourth maxillary palpomere securiform. ....................................................... Colfax Andrewes

– Fourth maxillary palpomere not securiform. ............................................ Macrocheilus Hope

Notes

Published as part of Raj, Shiju T., Sabu, Thomas K. & Danyang, Zhao, 2012, The apterous endemic genus Omphra Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Helluonini) of the Indian subcontinent: taxonomy with notes on habits and distributional patterns, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (206) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4670934

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Carabidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hope
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Helluonini Hope, 1838 sec. Raj, Sabu & Danyang, 2012

References

  • Sloane, T. G. 1914. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae, part V. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39 (3): 568 - 614.