Oodinus
Motschulsky, 1865
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2Oodinus is a of ground beetles in the Carabidae, Licininae. The genus was established by Motschulsky in 1865 and contains at least ten described distributed primarily in the Neotropical region. Species within this genus are small to medium-sized carabids with limited available ecological documentation.
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Distribution
Neotropical region, with records from Central and South America including Brazil and Amazonian localities. Specific country records are sparse due to limited collecting and taxonomic study.
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Taxonomic History
The Oodinus was described by Motschulsky in 1865, with Oodinus piceus Motschulsky, 1864 as the type . The genus has been subject to multiple revisions, with Bousquet (1996) describing several new species and clarifying the limits of the genus relative to related oodine genera.
Species Diversity
The currently includes ten described : Oodinus alutaceus, O. amazonus, O. arechavaletae, O. darlingtoni, O. edentulus, O. exiguus, O. limbatus, O. piceus, O. pseudopiceus, and O. similis. Several of these were described or revalidated by Bousquet in 1996, indicating significant taxonomic revision in the late twentieth century.