Sepidiina

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Sepidiina
Armoured Beetle. Sepidium bidentatum 'sensu stricto' (32359692431).jpg
Sepidium bidentatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Sepidiini
Subtribe: Sepidiina
Eschscholtz, 1829
Type genus
Sepidium
Fabricius, 1775

Sepidiina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 110 described species in Sepidiina, found widely distributed in the Mediterranean area and Sub-Saharan Africa. Most species were described from the Horn of Africa. [1] [2] [3]

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Sepidium bidentatum Sepidium bidentatum %3F (Tenebrionidae) from Southern Spain (8709838792).jpg
Sepidium bidentatum

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subtribe Sepidiina:

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References

  1. Kamiński, Marcin J.; Kanda, Kojun; Lumen, Ryan; Ulmer, Jonah M.; et al. (2019). "A catalogue of the tribe Sepidiini Eschscholtz, 1829 (Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae) of the world". ZooKeys (844): 1–121. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.844.34241 . PMC   6527536 . PMID   31143077.
  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 . ISSN   1313-2989. 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 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.