selenophorine

plural selenophorines

1. biologyAny ground beetle in the taxonomic tribe Selenophorina within the family Carabidae,

   In North America, selenophorines reach only extreme southeastern and southwestern Canada.

   2000, Ross H. Arnett; Michael C. Thomas, Jr., American Beetles, Volume I, page 91

   2 more examples

   […] on the basis of this character, this genus must be considered to be a harpaline rather than a selenophorine.

   1959, The Coleopterists' Bulletin, volume 13, page 61

   They also advocated raising selenophorines, ditomines, and amblystomines to subtribe level.

   2012, Yves Bousquet, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, page 57