Nycteliini Explained

Nycteliini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 12 genera in Nycteliini, found in the Neotropics.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Nycteliini

• Auladera Solier, 1836
• Callyntra Solier, 1836
• Entomobalia Flores & Triplehorn, 2002
• Entomoderes Solier, 1836
• Epipedonota Solier, 1836
• Gyriosomus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
• Mitragenius Solier, 1836
• Nyctelia Berthold, 1827
• Patagonogenius Flores, 1999
• Pilobalia Burmeister, 1875
• Psectrascelis Solier, 1836
• Scelidospecta Kulzer, 1954

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.