Tenebrionini Explained

Tenebrionini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 20 genera in Tenebrionini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Tenebrionini:

• Ariarathus Fairmaire, 1891 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Athrodactyla Klug, 1833 (tropical Africa)
• Bius Dejean, 1834 (North America and the Palearctic)
• Bouchardandrus Steiner, 2016 (North America)
• Bremerus Ferrer, 2004 (tropical Africa)
• Cedrosius Fairmaire, 1902 (tropical Africa)
• Falsocalcar Pic, 1925 (tropical Africa)
• Gridellia Kammerer, 2006 (tropical Africa)
• Hipalmus Bates, 1870 (the Neotropics)
• Idiobates Casey, 1891 (North America)
• Microzophobas Pic, 1944 (the Neotropics)
• Neatus Leconte, 1862 (North America and the Palearctic)
• Neozophobas Ferrer, 2006 (the Neotropics)
• Paratoxicum Champion, 1894 (Australasia)
• Phanerops Solier, 1851 (the Neotropics)
• Rhinandrus Leconte, 1866 (North America and the Neotropics)
• Satanocalcar Pic, 1925 (tropical Africa)
• Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758 (mealworm beetles) (North America, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and Oceania)
• Trichotenebrio Ardoin, 1962 (tropical Africa)
• Zophobas Dejean, 1834 (North America, the Neotropics, and tropical Africa)

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.