Pedinini
Tribe of beetles
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Pedinini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are 19 known genera in Pedinini.[1][2][3][4]
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| Pedinini | |
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| Pedinus femoralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Blaptinae |
| Tribe: | Pedinini Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Subtribes | |
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In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, the concept Pedinini has been revisited. Based on molecular evidence Helopinina, Leichenina and Pedinina were considered subtribes within a single tribe.[1] Identification key to Pedinina has been provided by Kamiński and Iwan in 2017,[5] while the catalog of species representing Helopinina was published by Kamiński et al. 2021.[6]
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Pedinini:
- Amatodes Dejean, 1834 (tropical Africa)
- Ametrocera Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
- Anaxius Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
- Apsheronellus Bogatchev, 1967 (the Palearctic)
- Aptila Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
- Asidodema Koch, 1958 (tropical Africa)
- Blastarnodes Koch, 1958 (tropical Africa)
- Cabirutus Strand, 1929 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
- Colpotinus Fairmaire, 1891 (the Palearctic)
- Diestecopus Solier, 1848 (tropical Africa)
- Drosochrus Erichson, 1843 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
- Leichenum Dejean, 1834 (North America, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and Oceania)
- Loensus R. Lucas, 1920 (tropical Africa and Indomalaya)
- Micrantereus Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
- Nicandra Fairmaire, 1888 (tropical Africa)
- Oncopteryx Gebien, 1943 (tropical Africa)
- Pedinus Latreille, 1797 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
- Piscicula Robiche, 2004 (tropical Africa)
- Psectes Hesse, 1935 (tropical Africa)
