Cryptochilini Explained

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

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Cryptochilini

• Calognathus Guérin-Méneville, 1836
• Cerasoma Endrödy-Younga, 1989
• Cryptochile Latreille, 1828
• Cychrochile Koch, 1953
• Epipagus Haag-Rutenberg, 1872
• Homebius Endrödy-Younga, 1989
• Horatoma Solier, 1841
• Horatomella Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
• Orientochile Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
• Pachynotelus Solier, 1841
• Vansonium Koch, 1950

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.