Helopini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Tenebrioninae
Tribus: Helopini
Subtribus: Cylindrinotina - Enoplopodina - Helopina

Overview of genera

Allardius – Armenohelops – Catomus – †Cryptohelops – Cylindronotus – Deretus – Enoplopus – Entomogonus – Erionura – Euboeus – Eustenomacidius – Gunarus – Hedyphanes – Helopelius – Helops – Idahelops – Italohelops – Microdocnemis – Misolampus – Nalassus – Nautes – Nephodinus – Nesotes – Nipponohelops – Odocnemis – Phaedis – Probaticus – Pseudoprobaticus – Raiboscelis – Socotraphanes – Stenohelops – Stenomax – Tarpela – Xanthomus – Zophohelops – ?Ectromopsis

Name

Helopini Latreille, 1802

Synonyms

Cylindronotini Español, 1956 [based on unjustified emendation of type genus name; should be Cylindrinotini]

References

Nabozhenko, M.V. 2011: New combination and new synonymy in the subtribe Cylindrinotina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Helopini) based on the study of types from European museums. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 58(2): 275–277. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201100030
Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
Nabozhenko, M.V. 2015. To the knowledge of Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Morocco. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11(1): 33–37. Full article (PDF). [In Russian, with English summary] Reference page.
Nabozhenko, M. & Keskin, B. 2016. Revision of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey, the Caucasus and Iran with observations on feeding habits. Zootaxa 4202(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4202.1.1. Reference page.
Nabozhenko, M., Nikitsky, N. & Aalbu, R.L. 2016. Contributions to the knowledge of North American tenebrionids of the subtribe Cylindrinotina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini). Zootaxa 4136(1): 155–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.7. Reference page.
Nabozhenko, M.V., Nikitsky, N.B. & Keskin, B. 2017. Taxonomic review of the genus Euboeus s. str. Boieldieu, 1865 (= Probaticus s. str. Seidlitz, 1896, syn. n.) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 4358(3): 494–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.3.6. Reference page.
Rosas-Ramos, N., Mas-Peinado, P., Gil-Tapetado, D., Recuero, E., Ruiz, J.L. & García-París, M. 2020. Catalogue, distribution, taxonomic notes, and conservation of the Western Palearctic endemic hunchback beetles (Tenebrionidae, Misolampus). ZooKeys, 963: 81–129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.963.53500 Reference page.
Steiner, W.E. 2009: The Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Virginia. Pp. 331-339 in: Roble, S.M. & Mitchell, J.C. (eds.) 2009: A lifetime of contributions to myriapodology and the natural history of Virginia: a Festschrift in honor of Richard L. Hoffman’s 80th birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 16, Martinsville, VA. PDF with color photos

Links

Atlas of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) of Russia