Bolitophagini
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| Bolitophagini | |
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| Rhipidandrus paradoxus, Oklahoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Bolitophagini W. Kirby, 1837 |
Bolitophagini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 20 genera in Bolitophagini.[1][2][3][4]
The type genus of the tribe is Bolitophagus,[5] giving the tribe its name.
Bolitophagus derives from the Greek (βωλίτησ φάγο - Boletus phage), which describes the taxon as an insect which eats fungi.[6]
