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Checklist for Tribe Helluonini Hope, 1838 (Flat-horned Ground Beetles)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
98
3984
12590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
408
1848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
356
1643
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
356
1643
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHarpalinae
Bonelli, 1810
245
1114
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribeAnthiitae
Bonelli, 1813
6
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeHelluonini
Hope, 1838
Flat-horned Ground Beetles
4
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
4 Genera with 15 Species
Helluobrochus Reichardt, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Helluomorphoides Ball, 1951
Flat-horned Ground Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Macrocheilus Hope, 196011SpeciesTaxom
Meladroma Motschoulsky, 18013SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
15 Species
Helluobrochus cribratus Reiche, 1843
Macrocheilus bensoni Hope, 1838
Macrocheilus biguttatus Gory, 1832
Macrocheilus bimaculatus (Dejean, 1831)⇒ Macrocheilus bensoni Hope, 1838
Macrocheilus clasispilus Basilewsky, 1967
Macrocheilus cruciatus Marc, 1840
Macrocheilus dorsiger Chaudoir, 1876
Macrocheilus labrosus Dejean, 1831
Macrocheilus moraisi A.Serrano, 2000
Macrocheilus persimilis Basilewsky, 1970
Macrocheilus scapularis Reiche, 1843
Macrocheilus vinctus Basilewsky, 1960
Meladroma angustata Basilewsky, 1970
Meladroma informicollis Liebke, 1928
Meladroma umbraculata Fabricius, 1801

Subnodes of Helluonini with occurrences in West Africa
SubtribeOmphrina
Jedlicka, 1941
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Helluonini at itis.gov