Eulabini

Eulabini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Eulabini.[1]

Eulabini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Eulabini

In 1973, some genera in the Tenebrionidae tribe Scaurini was proposed to be moved into two new tribes, Eulabini and Cerenopini.[2] The proposal was not universally accepted, and the genera of Eulabini is sometimes treated as part of the previous tribe, Scaurini.

Genera

These three genera belong to the tribe Eulabini:

  • Apsena Leconte, 1862 g b
  • Epantius Le Conte, 1851 i c g b
  • Eulabis Eschscholtz, 1829 g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[1]

References

  1. "Eulabini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. Berry, Richard Lee (1973). "The Cerenopini and Eulabini, Two Tribes Previously Included in the Scaurini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 66 (1): 70–77. doi:10.1093/aesa/66.1.70.
  3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-23.

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