Sepidiina is a subtribe 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 ...

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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 8 genera and more than 110 described species in Sepidiina, found widely distributed in the Mediterranean area and

Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

. Most species were described from the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subtribe Sepidiina: * '' Dimoniacis'' Koch, 1958 * '' Echinotus'' Solier, 1843 * '' Peringueyia'' Koch, 1958 * '' Sepidiopsis'' Gestro, 1892 * '' Sepidiostenus'' Fairmaire, 1884 * ''

Sepidium ''Sepidium'' is a genus of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae. It is the type genus of its tribe, Sepidiini. Selected species * ''Sepidium aliferum'' Erichson, 1841 * ''Sepidium bidentatum'' Solier, 1843 * ''Sepidium crassicaudatum'' Gestro, 1 ...

'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Vieta'' Laporte, 1840 * '' Vietomorpha'' Fairmaire, 1887

References

External links

* Pimeliinae {{tenebrionidae-stub