Belongs within: Harpalinae.
Sarticus is an Australian genus of flightless ground beetles with filiform antennae, a rounded prothorax and wide elytra with an abbreviated subscutellar stria.
<==Sarticus Motschulsky 1865LM87 |--S. (Sarticus)LM87 | |--*S. (S.) obesulus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 (see below for synonymy) | |--S. (S.) aubei (Castelnau 1867)LM87 [=Feronia aubeiLM87, Pterostichus aubeiS89] | |--S. (S.) blackburni (Sloane 1895) [=Pterostichus blackburni]LM87 | |--S. (S.) brevicornis Blackburn 1892LM87 | |--S. (S.) civilis (Germar 1848)LM87 [=Pterostichus civilisLM87, Feronia (Steropus) civilisS89] | |--S. (S.) cooki Sloane 1903LM87 | |--S. (S.) coradgeri Sloane 1903LM87 | |--S. (S.) cyaneocinctus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 (see below for synonymy) | |--S. (S.) cycloderus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 (see below for synonymy) | |--S. (S.) dampieri Sloane 1903LM87 | |--S. (S.) discopunctatus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 (see below for synonymy) | |--S. (S.) dixoni Sloane 1915LM87 | |--S. (S.) elegantulus (Castelnau 1867)LM87 (see below for synonymy) | |--S. (S.) esmeraldipennis (Castelnau 1867)LM87 [=Feronia (Steropus) esmeraldipennisS89] | |--S. (S.) freyi Straneo 1960LM87 | |--S. (S.) habitans Sloane 1889LM87 | |--S. (S.) impar Sloane 1903LM87 | |--S. (S.) iriditinctus (Chaudoir 1865) [=Feronia (Steropus) iriditincta]LM87 | |--S. (S.) macleayi Sloane 1889LM87 | |--S. (S.) monarensis Sloane 1889LM87 | |--S. (S.) obscurus Blackburn 1892LM87 | |--S. (S.) quadrisulcatus (Chaudoir 1878) [=Feronia (S.) quadrisulcata]S89 | `--S. (S.) rockhamptoniensis (Castelnau 1867)LM87 [=Feronia rockhamptoniensisLM87, F. (Steropus) rockhamptonensisS89] `--S. (Coronacanthus Macleay 1878)LM87 |--S. (*C.) sulcatus (Macleay 1878) [=*Coronacanthus sulcatus]LM87 `--S. (C.) obsolescens Moore 1963LM87 |--S. o. obsolescensLM87 `--S. o. substriatus Moore 1963LM87
Sarticus (Sarticus) cyaneocinctus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 [=Feronia (Steropus) cyaneocinctaLM87; incl. F. (Pterostichus) azureomarginata Castelnau 1867S89, LM87, F. saphyreomarginata Castelnau 1867LM87, Sarticus saphyreomarginatusS89]
Sarticus (Sarticus) cycloderus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 [=Feronia (Steropus) cycloderaLM87; incl. F. blagravii Castelnau 1867LM87, F. (Steropus) blagraviS89, F. mastersii Castelnau 1867LM87, F. (Steropus) mastersiS89, F. waterhousii Castelnau 1867LM87, F. (Steropus) waterhouseiS89]
Sarticus (Sarticus) discopunctatus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 [=Feronia (Steropus) discopunctataLM87; incl. F. bonvouloirei Castelnau 1867LM87, F. (Steropus) bonvouloiriS89, F. (Steropus) germari Castelnau 1867S89, LM87, Sarticus ovicollis Motschulsky 1865LM87]
Sarticus (Sarticus) elegantulus (Castelnau 1867)LM87 [=Feronia (Steropus) elegantulaS89; incl. F. (Sarticus) ischna Chaudoir 1878LM87, Sarticus ischnusS89]
*Sarticus (Sarticus) obesulus (Chaudoir 1865)LM87 [=Feronia (Steropus) obesulaLM87; incl. F. (Steropus) olivieri Castelnau 1867S89, LM87, *Sarticus orbicollis Motschulsky 1865LM87, F. (Steropus) saphyripennis Castelnau 1867S89, LM87]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[LM87] Lawrence, J. F., B. P. Moore, J. E. Pyke & T. A. Weir. 1987. Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.
[S89] Sloane, T. G. 1889. Studies in Australian entomology. No. I.—Review of the genus Sarticus (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (2): 501–512.