Pedinini 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 19 genera in Pedinini. In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, Pedinini 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 Pedinini: * '' Amatodes'' Dejean, 1834 (tropical Africa) * '' Ametrocera'' Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa) * '' Anaxius'' Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa) * '' Apsheronellus'' Bogatchev, 1967 (the Palearctic) * '' Aptila'' Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa) * '' Asidodema'' Koch, 1958 (tropical Africa) * '' Blastarnodes'' Koch, 1958 (tropical Africa) * '' Cabirutus'' Strand, 1929 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya) * '' Colpotinus'' Fairmaire, 1891 (the Palearctic) * '' Diestecopus'' Solier, 1848 (tropical Africa) * '' Drosochrus'' Erichson, 1843 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa) * '' Leichenum'' Dejean, 1834 (North America, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and Oceania) * '' Loensus'' R. Lucas, 1920 (tropical Africa and Indomalaya) * '' Micrantereus'' Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa) * ''

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'' Fairmaire, 1888 (tropical Africa) * '' Oncopteryx'' Gebien, 1943 (tropical Africa) * '' Pedinus'' Latreille, 1797 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya) * '' Piscicula'' Robiche, 2004 (tropical Africa) * '' Psectes'' Hesse, 1935 (tropical Africa)

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