Biology:Hololeptini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Hololeptini
Hololepta elongata Erichson, 1834 (14883279746).png
Hololepta elongata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Histerinae
Tribe: Hololeptini
Hope, 1840

Hololeptini is a tribe of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 6 genera and more than 130 described species in Hololeptini.[1][2][3]

Hololepta plana

Genera

These six genera belong to the tribe Hololeptini:

  • Dimalus Marseul, 1870
  • Eutidium Lewis, 1903
  • Hololepta Paykull, 1811 (clown beetles)
  • Iliotona Carnochan, 1917
  • Oxysternus Erichson, 1834
  • Petalosoma Lewis, 1903

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21214994 entry