Akidini is a tribe of
darkling beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...
s in the subfamily
Pimeliinae
Pimeliinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Selected genera
* Tribus Adelostomini
** '' Adelostoma''
** '' Carinosella''
** '' Eurychora''
** '' Prunaspila''
* Tribus Adesmiini
** '' Adesmia''
** '' Alogenius''
** '' ...
in the family
Tenebrionidae
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...
. There are about 5 genera in Akidini, found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
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Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Akidini:[
* '' Akis'' Herbst, 1799
* '' Cyphogenia'' Solier, 1837
* '' Morica'' Dejean, 1834
* '' Sarothropus'' Kraatz, 1865
* '' Solskyia'' Solsky, 1881
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References
Further reading
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Tenebrionoidea
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