Apocryphini Explained

Apocryphini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least four genera in Apocryphini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Apocryphini:

• Apocrypha Eschscholtz, 1831 (North America and the Neotropics)
• Diplocyrtus Quedenfeldt, 1887 (the Palearctic)
• Plastica C.O. Waterhouse, 1903 (the Neotropics)
• Pseudapocrypha Champion, 1886 (the Neotropics)

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.