Platyscelidini is a tribe of

darkling beetle Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin ge ...

s in the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin ge ...

. There are about eight genera in Platyscelidini. In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, Platyscelidini and six other tribes were moved from

Tenebrioninae Tenebrioninae is the largest subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing flour beetles, among others. Tenebrioninae contains more than 20 tribes. Description Adults Adults are robust, mid-sized beetles that typically have ...

into the newly resurrected subfamily

Blaptinae Blaptinae is a subfamily of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are around 300 genera in Blaptinae, divided into 7 tribes. In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, seven tribes were moved from Tenebrioninae into the new ...

. These tribes contained 281 genera and about 4000 species, about 50% of Tenebrioninae. The new classification was followed by Bouchard et al. the same year.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Platyscelidini: * '' Bioramix'' Bates, 1879 (the Palearctic) * '' Microplatyscelis'' Kaszab, 1940 (the Palearctic) * '' Myatis'' Bates, 1879 (the Palearctic) * '' Oodescelis'' Motschulsky, 1845 (the Palearctic) * '' Platyscelis'' Latreille, 1818 (the Palearctic) * '' Somocoelia'' Heyden & Kraatz, 1882 (the Palearctic) * '' Somocoeloplatys'' Skopin, 1968 (the Palearctic) * '' Trichomyatis'' Schuster, 1931 (the Palearctic)

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