Psammodes is a genus of ground-dwelling Afrotropical beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. They are black or dark rufous in color and stout in shape, and average about 2.6 cm in body length. Like the related genus Dichtha, the adults tap out a rhythm on the ground to attract and locate mates. Habitats are varied, from coastal forests to ridges and hills, woodland and deserts.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subtribe: | Molurina |
| Genus: | Psammodes Kirby, 1819 |
Species
editThis genus underwent a major taxonomic revision in 2022; with most species having been reclassified as Mariazofia. As of late 2022, the genus contains 3 species,[2] including:
- Psammodes longicornis (Kirby, 1819)[3]
- Psammodes probes (Péringuey, 1899)[4]
- Psammodes sklodowskae Kamiński & Gearner, 2022[2]
References
edit- ^ "Psammodes Kirby, 1819".
- ^ a b Kamiński, Marcin J.; Gearner, Olivia M.; Raś, Marcin; Hunsinger, Elliot T.; Smith, Amelia L.; Mas‐Peinado, Paloma; Girón, Jennifer C.; Bilska, Aleksandra G.; Strümpher, Werner P.; Wirth, Christopher C.; Kanda, Kojun; Swichtenberg, Kali; Iwan, Dariusz; Smith, Aaron D. (2022). "Female terminalia morphology and cladistic relations among Tok‐Tok beetles (Tenebrionidae: Sepidiini)". Cladistics. 38 (6): 623–648. doi:10.1111/cla.12510. hdl:10261/278940. PMID 35785491. S2CID 250283827.
- ^ Kirby, William (1819). "A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 12 (2): 454–82. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1817.tb00240.x.
- ^ Péringuey, Louis (1899). "Fifth Contribution to the South African Coleopterous Fauna; being Descriptions of New Species, chiefly in the Collection of the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 1 (2): 296.