Helopini 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 at least 50 genera in Helopini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Helopini: * ''

Accanthopus ''Accanthopus'' is a genus of ''darkling beetles'' belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae Tenebrioninae is the largest subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing flour beetles, among others. Tenebrionin ...

'' Dejean, 1821 (the Palearctic) * '' Adelphinus'' Fairmaire & Coquerel, 1866 (the Palearctic) * '' Allardius'' Ragusa, 1898 (the Palearctic) * '' Apterotarpela'' Kaszab, 1954 (Indomalaya) * '' Armenohelops'' Nabozhenko, 2002 (the Palearctic) * '' Asialassus'' Nabozhenko & Ando, 2018 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya) * '' Catomus'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Ceratopelius'' Antoine, 1963 (the Palearctic) * '' Cylindrinotus'' Faldermann, 1837 (the Palearctic) * '' Deretus'' Gahan, 1900 (tropical Africa) * '' Dolphus'' Blanchard, 1847 (the Neotropics) * '' Ectromopsis'' Antoine, 1949 (the Palearctic) * '' Entomogonus'' Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic) * '' Erionura'' Reitter, 1903 (the Palearctic) * '' Erulipothydemus'' Pic, 1918 (Indomalaya) * '' Euboeus'' Boieldieu, 1865 (the Palearctic) * '' Eustenomacidius'' Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic) * '' Gunarus'' Gozis, 1886 (the Palearctic) * '' Hedyphanes'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (the Palearctic) * '' Helopidesthes'' Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa) * '' Helops'' Fabricius, 1775 (North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic) * '' Idahelops'' Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2012 (the Palearctic) * '' Italohelops'' Español, 1961 (the Palearctic) * '' Mamorina'' Antoine, 1951 (the Palearctic) * '' Microcatomus'' Pic, 1925 (tropical Africa) * '' Microdocnemis'' Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2010 (the Palearctic) * ''

Nalassus ''Nalassus'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 70 described species in ''Nalassus'', in the Palearctic and North America. Species These 71 species belong to the genus ''Nalassus'': * ''Nalassus abe ...

'' Mulsant, 1854 (North America, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya) * '' Nautes'' Pascoe, 1866 (North America and the Neotropics) * '' Neohelops'' Dajoz, 2001 (North America) * '' Nephodinus'' Gebien, 1943 (the Palearctic) * '' Nesotes'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Nipponohelops'' Masumoto, Ando & Akita, 2006 (the Palearctic) * '' Odocnemis'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Physohelops'' Schuster, 1937 (the Palearctic) * '' Pseudoprobaticus'' Nabozhenko, 2001 (the Palearctic) * '' Raiboscelis'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Reitterohelops'' Skopin, 1960 (the Palearctic) * '' Sabularius'' Escalera, 1914 (the Palearctic) * '' Socotraphanes'' Nabozhenko, 2019 (tropical Africa) * '' Stenohelops'' Reitter, 1922 (the Palearctic) * ''

Stenomax ''Stenomax'' is a genus of darkling beetles (insects belonging to the family Tenebrionidae) in the subfamily Tenebrioninae. Species * ''Stenomax aeneus'' (Scopoli, 1763) * ''Stenomax foudrasi'' (Mulsant & God, 1854) * ''Stenomax meridianus'' ( ...

'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Stygohelops'' Leo & Liberto, 2003 (the Palearctic) * ''

Tarpela ''Tarpela'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about five described species in ''Tarpela''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Tarpela'': * '' Tarpela formosana'' Masumoto, 1981 * '' Tarpela mi ...

'' Bates, 1870 (North America and the Neotropics) * '' Taurohelops'' Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2015 (the Palearctic) * '' Turkmenohelops'' G.S. Medvedev, 1987 (the Palearctic) * '' Turkonalassus'' Keskin, Nabozhenko & Alpagut-Keskin, 2017 (the Palearctic) * '' Xanthohelops'' Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic) * '' Xanthomus'' Mulsant, 1854 (the Palearctic) * '' Zophohelops'' Reitter, 1902 (the Palearctic) * † '' Cryptohelops'' Nabozhenko & Kirejtshuk, 2014

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