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Diaperini 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 13 genera and at least 40 described species in Diaperini.
Genera
These 13 genera belong to the tribe Diaperini: * '' Adelina'' Dejean, 1835 i c g b * '' Alphitophagus'' Stephens, 1832 g b * '' Cynaeus'' Leconte, 1862 g b * '' Diaperis'' Geoffroy, 1762 i c g b * '' Doliodesmus'' Spilman, 1967 g b * '' Gnatocerus'' Thunberg, 1814 g b * ''Iccius
The gens Iccia was a minor plebeian family at Rome. It is known primarily from a small number of individuals who lived during the first century BC,''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 559 ("Iccius"). as well as ...
'' Champion, 1886 g b
* '' Liodema'' Horn, 1870 g b
* '' Neomida'' Latreille, 1829 g b
* '' Pentaphyllus'' Dejean, 1821 g b
* '' Platydema'' Laporte & Brullé, 1831 i c g b
* '' Sitophagus'' Mulsant, 1854 g b
* '' Ulomoides'' Blackburn, 1888 g b
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
Further reading
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* Tenebrionidae {{tenebrionidae-stub