Molurina
Molurina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 15 genera and more than 350 described species in Molurina. They are widely distributed through the Afrotropics, with the exception of western Africa. [1][2][3]
| Molurina | |
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| Dichtha cubica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| Tribe: | Sepidiini |
| Subtribe: | Molurina Solier, 1843 |
| Type genus | |
| Moluris Latreille, 1802 | |
Genera
These 15 genera belong to the subtribe Molurina:
- Amiantus Fåhraeus, 1870
- Arturium Koch, 1951
- Brachyphrynus Fairmaire, 1882
- Dichtha Haag-Rutenberg, 1871
- Distretus Haag-Rutenberg, 1871
- Euphrynus Fairmaire, 1897
- Glyptophrynus Fairmaire, 1899
- Melanolophus Fairmaire, 1882
- Moluris Latreille, 1802
- Phrynocolus Lacordaire, 1859
- Phrynophanes Koch, 1951
- Physophrynus Fairmaire, 1882
- Psammodes Kirby, 1819
- Psammophanes Lesne, 1922
- Psammotyria Koch, 1953
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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