Metriini
| Metriini | |
|---|---|
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| Metrius contractus, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Paussinae |
| Tribe: | LeConte, 1853 |
Metriini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least three genera and about six described species in Metriini.[1][2]
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Metriini:
- Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829 (2 species, found in North America)
- Sinometrius Wrase & J.Schmidt, 2006 (3 species, found in China)
- † Kryzhanovskiana Kataev & Kirejtshuk, 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian[3]
References
- ^ "Metriini LeConte, 1853". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Kataev, Boris M.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Manukyan, Andranik R.; Anokhin, Boris A. (November 2019). "Kryzhanovskiana olegi gen. et sp. nov., a remarkable eyeless representative of the tribe Metriini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 103: 104168. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.06.014. S2CID 198430198.