Introduction

Amarotypines are a small tribe of ground beetles (Carabidae), recognised as a distinct tribe since 1985. The best known species is Amarotypus edwardsii of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, widely distributed throughout the three main islands, and arboreal in habits.

Biodiversity and distribution

• Genus Amarotypus: New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
   (1 sp.)
• Genus Migadopiella: Tasmania
  Tasmania
  Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
  
   (2 spp.)
• NOTES: (1) Published taxonomic work on the tribe is currently very limited, and the presence of undescribed taxa in the South Island of New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
   has been noted ; (2) Migadopiella is somewhat provisionally included in Amarotypini

Classification and phylogeny

Previously considered to be migadopines (before 1985), amarotypines are still often treated as forming a monophyletic subfamily Migadopinae

Migadopinae

Migadopinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:* Amarotypus Bates, 1872 * Antarctonomus Chaudoir, 1861 * Aquilex Moret, 1990 * Calathosoma Jeannel, 1938 * Calyptogonia Sloane, 1920...

 with Migadopini , but the phylogeny may be (Amarotypini, (Migadopini, Elaphrini)). Alternatively, Amarotypini may form a clade with Promecognathini, again unrelated to Migadopini , though this possible relationship has been disputed.