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Psammodiini is a tribe of aphodiine dung beetles in the family
Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
. There are about 12 genera and at least 50 described species in Psammodiini.


Genera

* '' Diastictus'' Mulsant, 1842 * '' Geopsammodius'' Gordon & Pittino, 1992 * '' Leiopsammodius'' Rakovic, 1981 * '' Neopsammodius'' Rakovic, 1986 * '' Odontopsammodius'' Gordon & Pittino, 1992 * '' Parapsammodius'' Gordon & Pittino, 1992 * '' Platytomus'' Mulsant, 1842 * '' Pleurophorus'' Mulsant, 1842 * '' Psammodius'' Fallén, 1807 * '' Rhyssemus'' Mulsant, 1842 * ''
Tesarius ''Tesarius'' is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classificat ...
'' Rakovic, 1981 * '' Trichiorhyssemus'' Clouët, 1901


References

* Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 88, 1–972.


Further reading

* Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida . * Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Scarabaeidae {{scarabaeidae-stub