Bolitophagini Explained

Bolitophagini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 20 genera in Bolitophagini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Bolitophagini:

• Afrobyrsax Ardoin, 1973 (tropical Africa)
• Atasthalomorpha Miyatake, 1964 (the Palearctic)
• Atasthalus Pascoe, 1871 (Indomalaya)
• Boletoxenus Motschulsky, 1858 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Bolitolaemus Gebien, 1921 (tropical Africa)
• Bolitonaeus Lewis, 1894 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Bolitophagiella Miyatake, 1964 (the Palearctic)
• Bolitophagus Illiger, 1798 (North America and the Palearctic)
• Bolitotherus Candèze, 1861 (North America)
• Bolitotrogus Miyatake, 1964 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Byrsax Pascoe, 1860 (the Palearctic, Indomalaya, and Australasia)
• Eleates Casey, 1886 (North America)
• Eledona Latreille, 1797 (the Palearctic)
• Eledonoprius Reitter, 1911 (the Palearctic)
• Lanhsia Shibata, 1980 (Indomalaya)
• Megeleates Casey, 1895 (North America)
• Microatasthalus Ando, 2010 (Indomalaya)
• Microbolitonaeus Grimm, 2014 (Indomalaya)
• Parabolitophagus Miyatake, 1964 (the Palearctic)
• Rhipidandrus LeConte, 1862 (worldwide)
• Sumbawia Gebien, 1925 (Indomalaya)
• † Proteleates Wickham, 1914

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.