Morionini Brulle , 1835, 1834

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 487

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scientific name	Morionini Brulle , 1835
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Tribe Morionini Brulle, 1835 View in CoL View at ENA

Morioniens Brullé, 1835b: 36. Type genus: Morion Latreille, 1810. Note. The stem of Morion is Morion - (Madge 1989: 465).

Diversity.

About 85 species (Lorenz 2005: 247-248) in the Nearctic (two species, none endemic), Neotropical (11 species), Australian (16 species), Oriental (11 species), Palaearctic (six species), and Afrotropical (40 species) Regions. These species are arrayed in nine genera: Buderes Murray (one Afrotropical species), Hyperectenus Alluaud (two Afrotropical species), Hyperion Laporte (one Australian species), Megamorio Chaudoir (six Afrotropical species), Morion (about 40 species), Morionidius Chaudoir (five Asian species), Moriosomus Motschulsky (two Neotropical species), Platynodes Westwood (one Afrotropical species), and Stereostoma Kirby (28 Afrotropical species).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae