Cryptochilini

Cryptochilini
Cryptochile echinata, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Cryptochilini Solier, 1841
Subtribes
Calognathina Lacordaire, 1859 Cryptochilina Solier, 1841 Homebiina Endrödy-Younga, 1989 Vansoniina Koch, 1955

Cryptochilini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 11 genera in Cryptochilini, found in tropical Africa.[1][2][3]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Cryptochilini[1]

• Calognathus Guérin-Méneville, 1836
• Cerasoma Endrödy-Younga, 1989
• Cryptochile Latreille, 1828
• Cychrochile Koch, 1953
• Epipagus Haag-Rutenberg, 1872
• Homebius Endrödy-Younga, 1989
• Horatoma Solier, 1841
• Horatomella Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
• Orientochile Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
• Pachynotelus Solier, 1841
• Vansonium Koch, 1950

References

1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.
2. Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

• LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
• Somerby, Ronald E.; Thomas, Donald B.; Triplehorn, Charles A. (2002). "Family 106: Tenebrionidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 463–509. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.