Adesmiini 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 subfamily
Pimeliinae
Pimeliinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Selected genera
* Tribus Adelostomini
** '' Adelostoma''
** '' Carinosella''
** '' Eurychora''
** '' Prunaspila''
* Tribus Adesmiini
** '' Adesmia''
** '' Alogenius''
** '' ...
of 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 11 genera in Adesmiini, found primarily in tropical Africa.
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Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Adesmiini:[
* '' Adesmia'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1822 (the Palearctic, tropical Africa, and Indomalaya)
* '' Alogenius'' Gebien, 1910 (tropical Africa)
* '' Epiphysa'' Dejean, 1834 (tropical Africa)
* '' Eustolopus'' Gebien, 1938 (tropical Africa)
* '' Metriopus'' Solier, 1835 (tropical Africa)
* '' Onymacris'' Allard, 1885 (tropical Africa)
* '' Orientocara'' Koch, 1952 (tropical Africa)
* '' Physadesmia'' Penrith, 1979 (tropical Africa)
* '']Renatiella
''Renatiella'' is a genus of diurnal, herbivorous beetles, which is found from East to southern Africa.
Species
The species include:
* ''Renatiella fettingi'' (Gebien) – Namibia to southwestern Angola
* ''Renatiella gebieni'' Koch, 1948
* ''R ...
'' Koch, 1944 (tropical Africa)
* ''Stenocara
''Stenocara'' is a genus of darkling beetles which is native to southern Africa. Several species are endemic to Namibia.
Species
Species include:
* '' Stenocara aenescens''
* '' Stenocara brevicollis'' Haag-Rutenberg
* ''Stenocara dentata'' Koch ...
'' Solier, 1835 (tropical Africa)
* '' Stenodesia'' Reitter, 1916 (tropical Africa)
References
Further reading
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Tenebrionoidea
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