Phrenapatinae is a subfamily 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
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them fro ...
. There are more than 20 genera in Phrenapatinae, grouped into 3 tribes.
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Genera
These genera belong to the subfamily Phrenapatinae:
* '' Afrotagalus'' Gebien, 1942
* '' Aphtora'' Bates, 1872
* '' Archaeoglenes'' Broun, 1893
* '' Archeophthora'' Kaszab, 1978
* '' Clamoris'' Gozis, 1886
* '' Cleolaus'' Champion, 1886
* '' Daochus'' Champion, 1886
* '' Delognatha'' Lacordaire, 1859
* '' Dioedus'' Leconte, 1862
* '' Endroeditagalus'' Schawaller & Bouchard, 2019
* '' Exechophthalmus'' Ardoin, 1974
* '' Falsotagalus'' Kaszab, 1977
* '' Leleupium'' Kaszab, 1956
* '' Madagassa'' Koch, 1950
* ''Molion In Greek mythology, Molion ( Ancient Greek: Μολίονα) may refer to the following personages:
* Molion, an Oechalian prince as son of King Eurytus and Antiope or Antioche and brother of Clytius and Toxeus. All three were slain by Heracles.D ...
'' Champion, 1886
* '' Nanotagalus'' Gebien, 1942
* '' Neotagalus'' Kaszab, 1955
* '' Peneta'' Lacordaire, 1859
* '' Phrenapates'' Gray, 1831
* '' Pseudophthora'' Kaszab, 1970
* '' Pycnochilus'' C.O. Waterhouse, 1879
* '' Scolytocaulus'' Fairmaire, 1896
* '' Sepilokus'' Iwan & Ras, 2020
* '' Tagalinus'' Kaszab, 1977
* '' Tagalopsis'' Kaszab, 1955
* '' Taiwanotagalus'' Masumoto, 1982
* ''Telchis :''"Telchis" is also the singular form of "Telchines".''
In Greek mythology, Telchis ( grc, Τελχίς means "one of the Telchines") may refer to two different or the same characters:
* Telchis or Telchin, the third king of Sicyon who reigned for ...
'' Champion, 1886
* '' Zypoetes'' Champion, 1893
References
Further reading
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Tenebrionoidea
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