Asidini

Asidini
Philolithus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Asidini Fleming, 1821

Asidini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 genera in Asidini. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Stenomorpha opaca

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Asidini: ^[1]

• Afrasida Wilke, 1922 (tropical Africa)
• Alphasida Escalera, 1905 (the Palearctic)
• Amachla Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
• Andremiopsis Chatanay, 1913 (tropical Africa)
• Andremius Fairmaire, 1903 (tropical Africa)
• Ardamimicus Smith, 2013 (North America)
• Asida Latreille, 1802 (the Palearctic)
• Asidesthes Fairmaire, 1900 (tropical Africa)
• Asidomorpha Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
• Bartolozzia Ferrer, 1998 (tropical Africa)
• Cardigenius Solier, 1836 (the Neotropics)
• Craniotus LeConte, 1851 (North America)
• Cryptasida Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
• Euryprosternum Chatanay, 1914 (tropical Africa)
• Ferveoventer Smith, 2013 (North America)
• Heterasida Casey, 1912 (North America)
• Kochotella Bouchard & Bousquet, 2021 (tropical Africa)
• Leptasida Chatanay, 1914 (tropical Africa)
• Litasida Casey, 1912 (North America)
• Machla Herbst, 1799 (tropical Africa)
• Machleida Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
• Machlomorpha Péringuey, 1899 (tropical Africa)
• Micrasida Smith, 2013 (North America)
• Microschatia Solier, 1836 (North America)
• Oxyge Chatanay, 1914 (tropical Africa)
• Pelecyphorus Solier, 1836 (North America)
• Philolithus Lacordaire, 1858 (North America)
• Prosodidius Fairmaire, 1903 (tropical Africa)
• Pseudasida Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
• Saeculum Kaminski, Kanda & Smith, 2021 (tropical Africa)
• Scotinesthes Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
• Scotinus W. Kirby, 1819 (the Neotropics)
• Stenomorpha Solier, 1836 (North America)
• Tamatasida Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)

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. "Asidini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
3. 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.
4. 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.

External links

• Media related to Asidini at Wikimedia Commons