Stenosini Explained

Stenosini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 40 genera in Stenosini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Stenosini

• Afghanillus Kaszab, 1960 (the Palearctic)
• Anchomma LeConte, 1858 (North America)
• Anethas Jakobson, 1924 (tropical Africa)
• Araeoschizus LeConte, 1851 (North America)
• Aspidocephalus Motschulsky, 1839 (the Palearctic)
• Caribanosis Nabozhenko, Kirejtshuk, Merkl, Varela, Aalbu & Smith, 2016 (the Neotropics)
• Dichillus Jacquelin du Val, 1860 (the Palearctic)
• Discopleurus Lacordaire, 1859 (the Neotropics)
• Ecnomoderes Gebien, 1928 (the Neotropics)
• Ethas Pascoe, 1862 (Indomalaya)
• Eutagenia Reitter, 1886 (the Palearctic)
• Fitzsimonsium Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
• Gebieniella Koch, 1940 (Indomalaya)
• Grammicus G.R. Waterhouse, 1845 (the Neotropics)
• Harvengia Ferrer, 2004 (Indomalaya)
• Herbertfranzia Kaszab, 1973 (Indomalaya)
• Herbertfranziella Kaszab, 1973 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Hexagonochilus Solier, 1851 (the Neotropics)
• Indochillus Koch, 1941 (Indomalaya)
• Indostola G.S. Medvedev, 1991 (Indomalaya)
• Itampolis Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
• Microblemma Semenov, 1889 (the Palearctic)
• Microtelopsis Koch, 1940 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Microtelus Solier, 1838 (the Palearctic)
• Mitotagenia Reitter, 1916 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
• Nepalofranziella Fouquè, 2013 (Indomalaya)
• Oogaster Faldermann, 1837 (the Palearctic)
• Perdicus Fairmaire, 1899 (tropical Africa)
• Platamodes Ménétriés, 1849 (the Palearctic)
• Pseudethas Fairmaire, 1896 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Pseudochillus Fouquè, 2015 (Indomalaya)
• Reitterella Semenov, 1891 (the Palearctic)
• Renefouqueosis Aalbu, Smith, Kanda & Bouchard, 2017 (the Neotropics)
• Schizaraeus Kulzer, 1955 (the Neotropics)
• Schusteriella Koch, 1940 (tropical Africa)
• Stenosethas Kaszab, 1975 (Indomalaya)
• Stenosis Herbst, 1799 (the Palearctic, tropical Africa, and Indomalaya)
• Tagenostola Reitter, 1916 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Tetranillus Wasmann, 1899 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Timosmithus Ardoin, 1974 (tropical Africa)
• Typhlusechus Linell, 1897 (North America)
• † Miostenosis Wickham, 1913

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.