Cryptochilini is a tribe of
darkling beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...
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, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...
. There are about 11 genera in Cryptochilini, found in tropical Africa.
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Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Cryptochilini[
* '' Calognathus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1836
* '' Cerasoma'' Endrödy-Younga, 1989
* '']Cryptochile
''Cryptochile'', the Namaqua darkling beetles, is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
References
External links
*
''Cryptochile'' at Biolib''Cryptochile'' at insectoid.info
Pimeliinae
Tenebrionidae genera
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'' Latreille, 1828
* '' Cychrochile'' Koch, 1953
* '' Epipagus'' Haag-Rutenberg, 1872
* '' Homebius'' Endrödy-Younga, 1989
* '' Horatoma'' Solier, 1841
* '' Horatomella'' Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
* '' Orientochile'' Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
* '' Pachynotelus'' Solier, 1841
* '' Vansonium'' Koch, 1950
References
Further reading
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Pimeliinae
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