Praociini

Praociini
Praocis rufipes, Chile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Praociini Eschscholtz, 1829

Praociini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 15 genera in Praociini, found in the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Praociini[1]

• Antofagapraocis Flores, 2000
• Asidelia Fairmaire, 1905
• Calymmophorus Solier, 1841
• Eutelocera Solier, 1841
• Falsopraocis Kulzer, 1958
• Gyrasida Koch, 1962
• Neopraocis Kulzer, 1958
• Parapraocis Flores & Giraldo, 2020
• Patagonopraocis Flores & Chani-Posse, 2005
• Pilobaloderes Kulzer, 1958
• Platesthes G.R. Waterhouse, 1845
• Platyholmus Dejean, 1834
• Praocidia Fairmaire, 1904
• Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829
• Thylacoderes Solier, 1843

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.