Cnemeplatiini Explained

Cnemeplatiini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about nine genera in Cnemeplatiini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Cnemeplatiini

• Actizeta Pascoe, 1875 (Australasia)
• Alaudes Horn, 1870 (North America)
• Cnemeplatia Costa, 1847 (the Palearctic, tropical Africa, and Indomalaya)
• Durandius Kaszab, 1970 (Indomalaya)
• Lepidocnemeplatia Bousquet & Bouchard, 2018 (North America, the Neotropics, and Indomalaya)
• Philhammus Fairmaire, 1871 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
• Rondoniella Kaszab, 1970 (Indomalaya)
• Thorictosoma Lea, 1919 (Australasia)
• Wattiana Matthews & Lawrence, 2005 (Australasia)

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.