Sepidiina
Subtribe of beetles
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Sepidiina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 110 described species in Sepidiina, found widely distributed in the Mediterranean area and Sub-Saharan Africa. Most species were described from the Horn of Africa.[1][2][3]
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| Sepidiina | |
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| Sepidium bidentatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| Tribe: | Sepidiini |
| Subtribe: | Sepidiina Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Type genus | |
| Sepidium Fabricius, 1775 | |
Genera
These eight genera belong to the subtribe Sepidiina:
- Dimoniacis Koch, 1958
- Echinotus Solier, 1843
- Peringueyia Koch, 1958
- Sepidiopsis Gestro, 1892
- Sepidiostenus Fairmaire, 1884
- Sepidium Fabricius, 1775
- Vieta Laporte, 1840
- Vietomorpha Fairmaire, 1887
