Sepidiina
| Sepidiina | |
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| Sepidium bidentatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| Tribe: | Sepidiini |
| Subtribe: | Sepidiina Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Type genus | |
| Sepidium Fabricius, 1775
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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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Genera[edit]
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
References[edit]
- ^ 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): 1–121. doi:10.3897/zookeys.844.34241. PMC 6527536. PMID 31143077.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
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