Titaenini Explained

Titaenini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least eight genera recognised in the tribe Titaenini, all found in Australasia.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Titaenini:

• Artystona Bates, 1874
• Callismilax Bates, 1874
• Cerodolus Sharp, 1886
• Demtrius Broun, 1895
• Leaus Matthews & Lawrence, 1992
• Partystona Watt, 1992
• Pseudhelops Guérin-Méneville, 1841
• Titaena Erichson, 1842

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.