Rypobiini Explained

Rypobiini is a tribe of minute hooded beetles in the family Corylophidae. There are at least 2 genera and about 14 described species in Rypobiini.

Genera

These two genera belong to the tribe Rypobiini:

• Gloeosoma Wollaston, 1854
• Rypobius LeConte, 1852

Further reading

• Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae. 2009. Slipinski . Adam. Tomaszewska . Wioletta. Lawrence . John F.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 3. 409–433. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00471.x.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.
• 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.