Helopini Explained

Helopini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 50 genera in Helopini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Helopini:

• Accanthopus Dejean, 1821 (the Palearctic)
• Adelphinus Fairmaire & Coquerel, 1866 (the Palearctic)
• Allardius Ragusa, 1898 (the Palearctic)
• Apterotarpela Kaszab, 1954 (Indomalaya)
• Armenohelops Nabozhenko, 2002 (the Palearctic)
• Asialassus Nabozhenko & Ando, 2018 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Catomus Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
• Ceratopelius Antoine, 1963 (the Palearctic)
• Cylindrinotus Faldermann, 1837 (the Palearctic)
• Deretus Gahan, 1900 (tropical Africa)
• Dolphus Blanchard, 1847 (the Neotropics)
• Ectromopsis Antoine, 1949 (the Palearctic)
• Entomogonus Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic)
• Erionura Reitter, 1903 (the Palearctic)
• Erulipothydemus Pic, 1918 (Indomalaya)
• Euboeus Boieldieu, 1865 (the Palearctic)
• Eustenomacidius Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic)
• Gunarus Gozis, 1886 (the Palearctic)
• Hedyphanes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (the Palearctic)
• Helopidesthes Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
• Helops Fabricius, 1775 (North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic)
• Idahelops Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2012 (the Palearctic)
• Italohelops Español, 1961 (the Palearctic)
• Mamorina Antoine, 1951 (the Palearctic)
• Microcatomus Pic, 1925 (tropical Africa)
• Microdocnemis Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2010 (the Palearctic)
• Nalassus Mulsant, 1854 (North America, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya)
• Nautes Pascoe, 1866 (North America and the Neotropics)
• Neohelops Dajoz, 2001 (North America)
• Nephodinus Gebien, 1943 (the Palearctic)
• Nesotes Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
• Nipponohelops Masumoto, Ando & Akita, 2006 (the Palearctic)
• Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
• Physohelops Schuster, 1937 (the Palearctic)
• Pseudoprobaticus Nabozhenko, 2001 (the Palearctic)
• Raiboscelis Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
• Reitterohelops Skopin, 1960 (the Palearctic)
• Sabularius Escalera, 1914 (the Palearctic)
• Socotraphanes Nabozhenko, 2019 (tropical Africa)
• Stenohelops Reitter, 1922 (the Palearctic)
• Stenomax Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
• Stygohelops Leo & Liberto, 2003 (the Palearctic)
• Tarpela Bates, 1870 (North America and the Neotropics)
• Taurohelops Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2015 (the Palearctic)
• Turkmenohelops G.S. Medvedev, 1987 (the Palearctic)
• Turkonalassus Keskin, Nabozhenko & Alpagut-Keskin, 2017 (the Palearctic)
• Xanthohelops Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic)
• Xanthomus Mulsant, 1854 (the Palearctic)
• Zophohelops Reitter, 1902 (the Palearctic)
• † Cryptohelops Nabozhenko & Kirejtshuk, 2014

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.