Broscina

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Subtribus: Broscina
Genera (11): Broscodera – Broscosoma – Broscus – Chaetobroscus – Craspedonotus – Ebertius – Eobroscus – Kashmirobroscus – Miscodera – Sinobrosculus – Zacotus

In synonymy (1): Orobroscus
Name

Broscina Hope, 1838

Synonyms

Broschidae Hope, 1838
Cephalotida Heer, 1838
Zacotini G. Horn, 1881

References

Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Open access. PMC: 3088472 Open access. Reference page.
Roig-Juñent, S. 2000: The subtribes and genera of the tribe Broscini (Coleoptera, Carabidae): cladistic analysis, taxonomic treatment, and biogeographical considerations. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 255. ISSN: 0003-0090 DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)255<0001:TSAGOT>2.0.CO;2

Links

Carabidae of the World
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Broscina – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
in Tree of Life

The subtribe Broscina is a group of beetles in the Broscini tribe of Carabidae (the ground beetles).
Description

Broscina has eight accepted genera:[1]

Broscodera: 4 species (see note).
Broscosoma: 34 species.
Broscus: 2 subgenera; 25 species.
Chaetobroscus: 2 subgenera; 4 species.
Craspedonotus: 3 species.
Eobroscus: 2 subgenera, 4 species.
Miscodera: 1 species.
Zacotus: 1 species.

Note: Broscina also contains the Sinobrosculus genus which is in contention and considered doubtful with the three species alternatively being placed in Broscodera.[2]
References

Martin Häckel, Jan Farkač and David W. Wrase (2010). "A check-list of the tribe Broscini Hope, 1838 of the World (Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series. 6 (1–2): 43–84.
"Sinobrosculus Deuve, 1990". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 Jun 2020.