Asidini Explained
Asidini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 genera in Asidini.
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Asidini:
- Afrasida Wilke, 1922 (tropical Africa)
- Alphasida Escalera, 1905 (the Palearctic)
- Amachla Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
- Andremiopsis Chatanay, 1913 (tropical Africa)
- Andremius Fairmaire, 1903 (tropical Africa)
- Ardamimicus Smith, 2013 (North America)
- Asida Latreille, 1802 (the Palearctic)
- Asidesthes Fairmaire, 1900 (tropical Africa)
- Asidomorpha Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
- Bartolozzia Ferrer, 1998 (tropical Africa)
- Cardigenius Solier, 1836 (the Neotropics)
- Craniotus LeConte, 1851 (North America)
- Cryptasida Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
- Euryprosternum Chatanay, 1914 (tropical Africa)
- Ferveoventer Smith, 2013 (North America)
- Heterasida Casey, 1912 (North America)
- Kochotella Bouchard & Bousquet, 2021 (tropical Africa)
- Leptasida Chatanay, 1914 (tropical Africa)
- Litasida Casey, 1912 (North America)
- Machla Herbst, 1799 (tropical Africa)
- Machleida Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)
- Machlomorpha Péringuey, 1899 (tropical Africa)
- Micrasida Smith, 2013 (North America)
- Microschatia Solier, 1836 (North America)
- Oxyge Chatanay, 1914 (tropical Africa)
- Pelecyphorus Solier, 1836 (North America)
- Philolithus Lacordaire, 1858 (North America)
- Prosodidius Fairmaire, 1903 (tropical Africa)
- Pseudasida Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
- Saeculum Kaminski, Kanda & Smith, 2021 (tropical Africa)
- Scotinesthes Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
- Scotinus W. Kirby, 1819 (the Neotropics)
- Stenomorpha Solier, 1836 (North America)
- Tamatasida Koch, 1962 (tropical Africa)
Further reading
- Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.
- Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Somerby . Ronald E.. Thomas . Donald B.. Triplehorn . Charles A.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 106: Tenebrionidae. 463–509. 978-0-8493-0954-0.