Tribe Sphodrini Laporte 1834 (ground beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Parent taxon: Harpalinae according to R. P. Webster 2016
See also Bouchard et al. 2011 and Tamutis et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Abacetini, Aethocarabus, Chlaeniini, Dryptini, Galeritini, Harpalini, Helluonini, Lebiini, Licinini, Odacanthini, Panagaeini, Pseudomorphini, Pterostichini, Sinis, Zabrini, Zuphiini, Oodini
Subtaxa: Calathina Sphodrina Synuchina
Type: Sphodrus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Washington, Wisconsin)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences