Hypomelina is a subtribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 9 genera and more than 40 described species in Hypomelina, found mainly in southern Africa. The majority of species were described from the Namibian coast, and only the genus Bombocnodulus is found as far north as central Africa. [1][2][3]
| Hypomelina | |
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| Hypomelus flagrans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| Tribe: | Sepidiini |
| Subtribe: | Hypomelina Koch, 1955 |
| Type genus | |
| Hypomelus Solier, 1843
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Genera
editThese nine genera belong to the subtribe Hypomelina:
- Argenticrinis Louw, 1979
- Bombocnodulus Koch, 1955
- Brinckia Koch, 1962
- Hypomelus Solier, 1843
- Iugidorsum Louw, 1979
- Sulcipectus Louw, 1979
- Trachynotidus Péringuey, 1899
- Triangulipenna Louw, 1979
- Uniungulum Koch, 1962
References
edit- ^ Kamiński, Marcin J.; Kanda, Kojun; Lumen, Ryan; Ulmer, Jonah M.; et al. (2019). "A catalogue of the tribe Sepidiini Eschscholtz, 1829 (Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae) of the world". ZooKeys (844): 1–121. doi:10.3897/zookeys.844.34241. PMC 6527536. PMID 31143077.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
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