Biology:Cryptochilini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Cryptochilini
Cryptochile echinata02.jpg
Cryptochile echinata, South Africa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Cryptochilini
Solier, 1841
Subtribes
  • Calognathina Lacordaire, 1859
  • Cryptochilina Solier, 1841
  • Homebiina Endrödy-Younga, 1989
  • Vansoniina Koch, 1955

Cryptochilini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 11 genera in Cryptochilini, found in tropical Africa.[1][2][3]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Cryptochilini[1]

  • Calognathus Guérin-Méneville, 1836
  • Cerasoma Endrödy-Younga, 1989
  • Cryptochile Latreille, 1828
  • Cychrochile Koch, 1953
  • Epipagus Haag-Rutenberg, 1872
  • Homebius Endrödy-Younga, 1989
  • Horatoma Solier, 1841
  • Horatomella Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
  • Orientochile Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
  • Pachynotelus Solier, 1841
  • Vansonium Koch, 1950

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. PMID 34385881. PMC 8328949. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64217/. 
  2. Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D. et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMID 29416389. 
  3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMID 21594053. PMC 3088472. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q21216854 entry