Afrohelops

Life-forms

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

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Afrohelops
Species: A. kenyaensis – A. mozambiquensis
Name

Afrohelops Schawaller, 2012: 75

Type species: Afrohelops kenyaensis Wolfgang Schawaller, by original designation.

gender: masculine

Note: removed from the tribe Helopini and placed as Tenebrionidae incertae sedis by Nabozhenko (2018: 183)
References
Primary references

Schawaller, W. 2012a: Afrohelops gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from relict montane forests in Kenya and Mozambique. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 2: 75-79. abstract only seen Reference page.