Amphidorini 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 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 7 genera in Amphidorini.
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In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, Amphidorini and six other tribes were moved from ]Tenebrioninae
Tenebrioninae is the largest subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing flour beetles, among others. Tenebrioninae contains more than 20 tribes.
Description
Adults
Adults are robust, mid-sized beetles that typically have e ...
into the newly resurrected subfamily Blaptinae
Blaptinae is a subfamily of darkling beetles 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 fa ...
. These tribes contained 281 genera and about 4000 species, about 50% of Tenebrioninae. The new classification was followed by Bouchard et al. the same year.[
]
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Amphidorini:
* ''Eleodes
''Eleodes'' is a genus of darkling beetles, family Tenebrionidae. They are commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles. They are endemic to western North America, with many species found in the Sonoran Desert. The name ''pinacate ...
'' Eschscholtz, 1829 (desert stink beetles) (North America and the Neotropics)
* '' Eleodimorpha'' Blaisdell, 1909 (North America)
* '' Embaphion'' Say, 1824 (North America)
* '' Lariversius'' Blaisdell, 1947 (North America)
* '' Neobaphion'' Blaisdell, 1925 (North America)
* '' Nycterinus'' Eschscholtz, 1829 (the Neotropics)
* '' Trogloderus'' Leconte, 1879 (North America)
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Tenebrionidae
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