Hypomelina

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Hypomelina
Hypomelus flagrans, 12, Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum (18229129080).jpg
Hypomelus flagrans
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Sepidiini
Subtribe: Hypomelina
Koch, 1955
Type genus
Hypomelus
Solier, 1843

Hypomelina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 9 genera and more than 40 described species in Hypomelina, found mainly in southern Africa. The majority of species were described from the Namibian coast, and only the genus Bombocnodulus is found as far north as central Africa. [1][2][3]

Genera[]

These nine genera belong to the subtribe Hypomelina:

  • Louw, 1979
  • Koch, 1955
  • Koch, 1962
  • Hypomelus Solier, 1843
  • Louw, 1979
  • Louw, 1979
  • Péringuey, 1899
  • Louw, 1979
  • Koch, 1962

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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.844.34241.
  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.


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