Pedinini

Pedinini
Pedinus femoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Blaptinae
Tribe:	Pedinini Eschscholtz, 1829
Subtribes
Helopinina Lacordaire, 1859 Leichenina Mulsant, 1854 Pedinina Eschscholtz, 1829

Pedinini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are 19 known genera in Pedinini. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, the concept Pedinini has been revisited. Based on molecular evidence Helopinina, Leichenina and Pedinina were considered subtribes within a single tribe ^[1] . Identification key to Pedinina has been provided by Kamiński and Iwan in 2017 ^[5] , while the catalog of species representing Helopinina was published by Kamiński et al. 2021 ^[6] .

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Pedinini:

• Amatodes Dejean, 1834 (tropical Africa)
• Ametrocera Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
• Anaxius Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
• Apsheronellus Bogatchev, 1967 (the Palearctic)
• Aptila Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
• Asidodema Koch, 1958 (tropical Africa)
• Blastarnodes Koch, 1958 (tropical Africa)
• Cabirutus Strand, 1929 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Colpotinus Fairmaire, 1891 (the Palearctic)
• Diestecopus Solier, 1848 (tropical Africa)
• Drosochrus Erichson, 1843 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
• Leichenum Dejean, 1834 (North America, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and Oceania)
• Loensus R. Lucas, 1920 (tropical Africa and Indomalaya)
• Micrantereus Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
• Nicandra Fairmaire, 1888 (tropical Africa)
• Oncopteryx Gebien, 1943 (tropical Africa)
• Pedinus Latreille, 1797 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Piscicula Robiche, 2004 (tropical Africa)
• Psectes Hesse, 1935 (tropical Africa)

References

1. "Pedinini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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; 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.
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.
5. Kamiński, Marcin Jan; Iwan, Dariusz (September 2017). "Revision of the Subtribe Pedinina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini)". Annales Zoologici. 67 (3): 585–607. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.3.006. ISSN   0003-4541.
6. Kamiński, Marcin Jan; Lumen, Ryan; Müller, Ruth; Kanda, Kojun; Robiche, Gérard; Smith, Aaron Dennis (2021-12-07). "Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 75 (3). doi:10.1649/0010-065x-75.3.537. ISSN   0010-065X.

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.