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
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
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References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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