Biology:Hypomelina

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Short description: Subtribe of beetles

Hypomelina
Hypomelus flagrans, 12, Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum (18229129080).jpg
Hypomelus flagrans
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Sepidiini
Subtribe: Hypomelina
Koch, 1955
Type genus
Hypomelus
Solier, 1843

Hypomelina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 9 genera and more than 40 described species in Hypomelina, found mainly in southern Africa. The majority of species were described from the Namibian coast, and only the genus Bombocnodulus is found as far north as central Africa. [1][2][3]

Genera

These nine genera belong to the subtribe Hypomelina:

  • Argenticrinis Louw, 1979
  • Bombocnodulus Koch, 1955
  • Brinckia Koch, 1962
  • Hypomelus Solier, 1843
  • Iugidorsum Louw, 1979
  • Sulcipectus Louw, 1979
  • Trachynotidus Péringuey, 1899
  • Triangulipenna Louw, 1979
  • Uniungulum Koch, 1962

References

  1. Kamiński, Marcin J.; Kanda, Kojun; Lumen, Ryan; Ulmer, Jonah M. et al. (2019). "A catalogue of the tribe Sepidiini Eschscholtz, 1829 (Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae) of the world". ZooKeys (844): 1–121. doi:10.3897/zookeys.844.34241. PMID 31143077. PMC 6527536. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34241. 
  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. ISSN 1313-2989. 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. ISSN 1313-2989. PMID 21594053. PMC 3088472. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001. 

Wikidata ☰ Q30224400 entry