Melanimonini Explained

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

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Melanimonini:

• Cheirodes Gené, 1839 (North America, the Palearctic, tropical Africa, and Australasia)
• Dolamara Reichardt, 1935 (the Palearctic)
• Melanimon Steven, 1828 (the Palearctic)

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.