Cryptochilini
Sign in to saveCryptochilini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 11 genera in Cryptochilini, found in tropical Africa.
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Cryptochilini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 11 genera in Cryptochilini, found in tropical Africa.
==Genera== These genera belong to the tribe Cryptochilini Calognathus Guérin-Méneville, 1836 Cerasoma Endrödy-Younga, 1989 Cryptochile Latreille, 1828 Cychrochile Koch, 1953 Epipagus Haag-Rutenberg, 1872 Homebius Endrödy-Younga, 1989 Horatoma Solier, 1841 Horatomella Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994 Orientochile Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994 Pachynotelus Solier, 1841 Vansonium Koch, 1950
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