Helopini 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 at least 50 genera in Helopini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Helopini: * '' Accanthopus'' Dejean, 1821 (the Palearctic) * '' Adelphinus'' Fairmaire & Coquerel, 1866 (the Palearctic) * '' Allardius'' Ragusa, 1898 (the Palearctic) * '' Apterotarpela'' Kaszab, 1954 (Indomalaya) * '' Armenohelops'' Nabozhenko, 2002 (the Palearctic) * '' Asialassus'' Nabozhenko & Ando, 2018 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya) * '' Catomus'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Ceratopelius'' Antoine, 1963 (the Palearctic) * '' Cylindrinotus'' Faldermann, 1837 (the Palearctic) * '' Deretus'' Gahan, 1900 (tropical Africa) * '' Dolphus'' Blanchard, 1847 (the Neotropics) * '' Ectromopsis'' Antoine, 1949 (the Palearctic) * '' Entomogonus'' Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic) * '' Erionura'' Reitter, 1903 (the Palearctic) * '' Erulipothydemus'' Pic, 1918 (Indomalaya) * '' Euboeus'' Boieldieu, 1865 (the Palearctic) * '' Eustenomacidius'' Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic) * '' Gunarus'' Gozis, 1886 (the Palearctic) * '' Hedyphanes'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (the Palearctic) * '' Helopidesthes'' Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa) * '' Helops'' Fabricius, 1775 (North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic) * '' Idahelops'' Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2012 (the Palearctic) * '' Italohelops'' Español, 1961 (the Palearctic) * '' Mamorina'' Antoine, 1951 (the Palearctic) * '' Microcatomus'' Pic, 1925 (tropical Africa) * '' Microdocnemis'' Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2010 (the Palearctic) * '' Nalassus'' Mulsant, 1854 (North America, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya) * '' Nautes'' Pascoe, 1866 (North America and the Neotropics) * '' Neohelops'' Dajoz, 2001 (North America) * '' Nephodinus'' Gebien, 1943 (the Palearctic) * '' Nesotes'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Nipponohelops'' Masumoto, Ando & Akita, 2006 (the Palearctic) * '' Odocnemis'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Physohelops'' Schuster, 1937 (the Palearctic) * '' Pseudoprobaticus'' Nabozhenko, 2001 (the Palearctic) * '' Raiboscelis'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Reitterohelops'' Skopin, 1960 (the Palearctic) * '' Sabularius'' Escalera, 1914 (the Palearctic) * '' Socotraphanes'' Nabozhenko, 2019 (tropical Africa) * '' Stenohelops'' Reitter, 1922 (the Palearctic) * '' Stenomax'' Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic) * '' Stygohelops'' Leo & Liberto, 2003 (the Palearctic) * '' Tarpela'' Bates, 1870 (North America and the Neotropics) * '' Taurohelops'' Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2015 (the Palearctic) * '' Turkmenohelops'' G.S. Medvedev, 1987 (the Palearctic) * '' Turkonalassus'' Keskin, Nabozhenko & Alpagut-Keskin, 2017 (the Palearctic) * '' Xanthohelops'' Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic) * '' Xanthomus'' Mulsant, 1854 (the Palearctic) * '' Zophohelops'' Reitter, 1902 (the Palearctic) * † '' Cryptohelops'' Nabozhenko & Kirejtshuk, 2014

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