Molurina

Molurina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are 28 genera and 579 described species and subspecies in subtribe Molurina. The type genus for this subtribe is Moluris. These beetles are widely distributed through the Afrotropics, with the exception of western Africa.[1]

Molurina
Dichtha cubica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Sepidiini
Subtribe: Molurina
Solier, 1843
Type genus
Moluris
Latreille, 1802

Genera

There are 28 genera belonging to the subtribe Molurina:[1]

  • Amiantus (Fåhreus, 1870)
  • Argenticrinis (Louw)
  • Arturium (Koch, 1951)
  • Bombocnodulus (Koch)
  • Brachyphrynus (Fairmaire, 1882)
  • Chiliarchum (Koch)
  • Dichtha (Haag-Rutenberg, 1871)
  • Distretus (Haag-Rutenberg, 1871)
  • Euphrynus (Fairmaire, 1897)
  • Glyptophrynus (Fairmaire, 1899)
  • Huilamus (Koch)
  • Mariazofia (Kamiński, 2022)
  • Melanolophus (Fairmaire, 1882)
  • Moluris (Latreille, 1802)
  • Ocnodes (Fåhraeus)
  • Piesomera (Solier)
  • Phrynocolus (Lacordaire, 1859)
  • Phrynophanes (Koch, 1951)
  • Physophrynus (Fairmaire, 1882)
  • Psammodes (Kirby, 1819)
  • Psammophanes (Lesne, 1922)
  • Psammorhyssus (Kolby)
  • Psammotyria (Koch, 1953)
  • Stridulomus (Koch)
  • Tarsocnodes (Gebien)
  • Toktokkus (Kamiński & Gearner, 2022)
  • Tibiocnodes (Gearner & Kamiński, 2022)
  • Tuberocnodes (Gearner & Kamiński, 2022)

References
  1. Kamiński, Marcin J.; Gearner, Olivia M.; Raś, Marcin; Hunsinger, Elliot T.; Smith, Amelia L.; Mas‐Peinado, Paloma; Girón, Jennifer C.; Bilska, Aleksandra G.; Strümpher, Werner P.; Wirth, Christopher C.; Kanda, Kojun; Swichtenberg, Kali; Iwan, Dariusz; Smith, Aaron D. (2022). "Female terminalia morphology and cladistic relations among Tok‐Tok beetles (Tenebrionidae: Sepidiini)". Cladistics. 38 (6): 623–648. doi:10.1111/cla.12510. hdl:10261/278940. PMID 35785491. S2CID 250283827.


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