Praociini Explained

Praociini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 15 genera in Praociini, found in the Neotropics.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Praociini

• Antofagapraocis Flores, 2000
• Asidelia Fairmaire, 1905
• Calymmophorus Solier, 1841
• Eutelocera Solier, 1841
• Falsopraocis Kulzer, 1958
• Gyrasida Koch, 1962
• Neopraocis Kulzer, 1958
• Parapraocis Flores & Giraldo, 2020
• Patagonopraocis Flores & Chani-Posse, 2005
• Pilobaloderes Kulzer, 1958
• Platesthes G.R. Waterhouse, 1845
• Platyholmus Dejean, 1834
• Praocidia Fairmaire, 1904
• Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829
• Thylacoderes 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.