Oxurina
Subtribe of beetles
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Oxurina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 50 described species in Oxurina, found in southern and central Africa.[1][2][3]
| Oxurina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| Tribe: | Sepidiini |
| Subtribe: | Oxurina Koch, 1955 |
| Type genus | |
| Oxura Kirby, 1819 | |
Genera
These eight genera belong to the subtribe Oxurina:
- Decoriplus Louw, 1979
- Miripronotum Louw, 1979
- Namibomodes Koch, 1952
- Oxura Kirby, 1819
- Palpomodes Koch, 1952
- Pterostichula Koch, 1952
- Stenethmus Gebien, 1937
- Synhimba Koch, 1952
