Trachynotina 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 10 genera and more than 170 described species in Trachynotina, found in southern Africa. Although Sepidiini species attract the attention of enthusiasts due to their outstanding morphology and behaviour, the group lacks comprehensive revisions at all taxonomic levels.

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the subtribe Trachynotina: * '' Cyrtoderes'' Dejean, 1834 * '' Epairopsis'' Koch, 1955 * '' Ethmus'' Haag-Rutenberg-Rutenberg, 1873 * '' Histrionotus'' Koch, 1955 * '' Microphligra'' Koch, 1955 * '' Ossiporis'' Pascoe, 1866 * '' Oxycerus'' Koch, 1955 * '' Somaticus'' Hope, 1840 * '' Trachynotus'' Latreille, 1828 * '' Trichethmus'' Gebien, 1937

References

Pimeliinae {{tenebrionidae-stub