Biology:Scaurini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Scaurini
Scaurus punctatus. Darkling Beetle. Tenebrionidae (39806408042).jpg
Scaurus uncinus, Spain
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Scaurini
Billberg, 1820

Scaurini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 4 genera in Scaurini.[1][2]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Scaurini:

  • Carchares Pascoe, 1887 (tropical Africa)
  • Cephalostenus Solier, 1838 (the Palearctic)
  • Herpiscius Solier, 1838 (tropical Africa)
  • Scaurus Fabricius, 1775 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)

References

  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. 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 ☰ Q30227650 entry