Leptodini Explained

Leptodini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least two genera in Leptodini, found in the Palearctic.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Leptodini

• Leptodes Dejean, 1834
• Tapenopsis Solier, 1843

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.