Stenochiinae

Stenochiinae is a subfamily of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 390 genera in Stenochiinae.^[1][2][3][4]

Xylopinus saperdoides

Stenochiinae
Strongylium crenatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Stenochiinae Kirby, 1837

Tribes and selected genera

BioLib includes 3 tribes:

Cnodalonini

Authority: Oken, 1843: over 340 genera including:

• Alobates Motschoulsky, 1872
• Coelocnemis Mannerheim, 1843
• Cnodalon Latreille, 1796
• Iphthiminus Spilman, 1973
• Merinus Leconte, 1862
• Oenopion Champion, 1885
• Upis Fabricius, 1792
• Xylopinus Leconte, 1862

Stenochiini

Authority: Kirby, 1837

1. Agissopterus Fairmaire, 1897
2. Asemogena Péringuey, 1904
3. Azonoderus Harold, 1879
4. Bionesus Fairmaire, 1879
5. Bremerianus Masumoto & Bečvář, 2005
6. Cuphotes Champion, 1887
7. Dauresia (beetle) Ferrer, 2001
8. Dicyrtus Duponchel, 1844
9. Diestesoma Péringuey, 1904
10. Dorelogena Péringuey, 1904
11. Elasmocerella Strand, 1935
12. Epiplecta Mäklin, 1867
13. Eucrossoscelis Nakane, 1963
14. Eutherama Carter, 1914
15. Falsocuphotes Pic, 1918
16. Falsonotostrongylium Kaszab, 1955
17. Falsostrongylium Pic, 1915
18. Flabellostrongylium Pic, 1938
19. Freudella Ardoin, 1961
20. Genateropa Bouchard & Bousquet, 2021
21. Heterostrongylium Kaszab, 1977
22. Holostrongylium Kaszab, 1977
23. Hoplostrongylium Ardoin, 1965
24. Hyperchalca Fairmaire, 1869
25. Lophocnemis Mäklin, 1867
26. Mentes (beetle) Champion, 1893
27. Microtocerus Pic, 1918
28. Mictopsis Fairmaire, 1899
29. Miotodera Fairmaire, 1901
30. Nodosogylium Pic, 1951
31. Oenomia Pascoe, 1883
32. Oploptera Chevrolat in Guérin-Méneville, 1844
33. Otoceromorphus Pic, 1915
34. Parastrongylium Kaszab, 1977
35. Phyllechus Bouchard & Bousquet, 2021
36. Phymatosoma Laporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831
37. Platyesthus Mäklin, 1878
38. Poecilesthus Dejean, 1834
39. Pseudogena Fairmaire, 1899
40. Pseudotocerus Champion, 1888
41. Psilonesogena Bates, 1879
42. Saitostrongylium Masumoto, 1996
43. Strongylacanthus Brèthes, 1925
44. Strongylium Kirby, 1819
45. Theresea Pic, 1917
46. Uenostrongylium Masumoto, 1999

Talanini

Authority: Champion, 1887 (1883) - monotypic:

1. Talanus DuVal, 1856

Unplaced genera

1. Nestorinus Guerrero, Vidal & Zuniga-Reinoso, 2021

References

1. "Stenochiinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
2. 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. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.
4. 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. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

• LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
• Somerby, Ronald E.; Thomas, Donald B.; Triplehorn, Charles A. (2002). "Family 106: Tenebrionidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 463–509. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.

External links

• Media related to Stenochiinae at Wikimedia Commons