Adesmiini Explained

Adesmiini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 11 genera in Adesmiini, found primarily in tropical Africa.

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 Koch, 1944 (tropical Africa)
• Stenocara Solier, 1835 (tropical Africa)
• Stenodesia Reitter, 1916 (tropical Africa)

Further reading

• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.
• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Somerby . Ronald E.. Thomas . Donald B.. Triplehorn . Charles A.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 106: Tenebrionidae. 463–509. 978-0-8493-0954-0.