Hololeptini Explained

Hololeptini is a tribe of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 6 genera and more than 130 described species in Hololeptini.

Genera

These six genera belong to the tribe Hololeptini:

• Dimalus Marseul, 1870
• Eutidium Lewis, 1903
• Hololepta Paykull, 1811 (clown beetles)
• Iliotona Carnochan, 1917
• Oxysternus Erichson, 1834
• Petalosoma Lewis, 1903

Further reading

• Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera). 2008. Majka . Christopher G.. ZooKeys. 2. 189–202. 10.3897/zookeys.2.3. free.
• Book: A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 2011. Mazur . Slawomir. WULS - SGGW Press. 978-83-7583-3171.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.
• 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.