Zabrini

Zabrini is a tribe of ground beetles in the subfamily Pterostichinae of beetle family Carabidae, found mainly in North America and Europe. There are more than 750 described species in three genera of Zabrini, more than 600 of which are in the genus Amara.^[1][2][3][4]

Zabrini
Amara ovata, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Pterostichinae
Tribe:	Zabrini Bonelli, 1810

Genera

There are three genera in the tribe Zabrini, within two subtribes:^[2][3]

• Subtribe Amarina Zimmermann, 1832
  • Amara Bonelli, 1810 – Sun beetles
  • Pseudamara Lindroth, 1968
• Subtribe Zabrina Bonelli, 1810
  • Zabrus Clairville, 1806