Scaurini

Scaurini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 4 genera in Scaurini.[1][2]

Scaurini
Scaurus uncinus, Spain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Scaurini
Billberg, 1820

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Scaurini:

  • Carchares Pascoe, 1887 (tropical Africa)
  • Cephalostenus Solier, 1838 (the Palearctic)
  • Herpiscius Solier, 1838 (tropical Africa)
  • Scaurus Fabricius, 1775 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)

References

  1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1โ€“633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1โ€“972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

  • LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
  • Somerby, Ronald E.; Thomas, Donald B.; Triplehorn, Charles A. (2002). "Family 106: Tenebrionidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 463โ€“509. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.


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