Trachelostenini 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 gen ...

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 g ...

. There are at least three genera in Trachelostenini. It was historically ranked as the family Trachelostenidae, but a 2015 study sunk the family into the tenebrionid (darkling beetle) subfamily

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 hav ...

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Trachelostenini: * '' Leaus'' Matthews & Lawrence, 1992 (Australasia) * '' Myrmecodema'' Gebien, 1943 (the Neotropics) * '' Trachelostenus'' Solier, 1851 (the Neotropics)

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