Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Parent taxon: Carabidae according to J. F. Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Agatoides, Amarodes, Anisodactylus, Arthropterus, Ataktosites, Bembidium, Blethisa, Brachininae, Brachinites, Calathus, Calosoma, Carabidium, Carabinae, Carabites, Carabites, Carabopteron, Chlaenius, Cicindelinae, Conjunctiinae, Cratacanthus, Creagris, Cychrus, Diacheila, Dicaelus, Diplochila, Dromius, Dyschiriodes, Elaphrinae, Elaphrotites, Feronites, Fonsecacarabus, Gehringiinae, Glenopterus, Hadrocephalus, Harpalinae, Harpalomimes, Lebia, Leistus, Loricerinae, Megacarabus, Metagrilium, Migadopinae, Miocarabus, Miolebidia, Nebria, Nebriinae, Nebrorabus, Neothanes, Notokistus, Omophroninae, Patrobinae, Paussinae, Platynus, Pogonus, Procalosoma, Procarabites, Procarabus, Promecognathinae, Protocerapterus, Protopaussinae, Protorabinae, Scarites, Scaritinae, Siagoninae, Sinis, Sinocaralosoma, Sphaeroderus, Stereocerus, Tauredon, Trechinae, Trechinites, Trechoides
Subtaxa: Carabus foveolatus, Carabus maeander, Carabus mecothoracus
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