Oodini is a ground beetle tribe in the subfamily Harpalinae. Oodines are found worldwide (with highest diversity in tropical Africa) and are generally associated with standing water.[1] This tribe contains more than 400 species arrayed in 43 genera.[2] Beetles in Oodini are distinguishable from other members of Carabidae by a combination of two characters: a laterally coadunate metepisternum (a feature of the exoskeleton), and an elytral ridge formed by the fusion of intervals 7 and 8.[3]
^Bousquet, Yves (May–June 1996). "Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic, Mexican, and West Indian Oodini (Coleoptera: Carabidae))". The Canadian Entomologist. 128 (3): 443–537. doi:10.4039/ent128443-3.
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