Helopini

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
Subfamilia: Tenebrioninae
Tribus: Helopini
Subtribus: Cylindrinotina - Enoplopodina - Helopina
Overview Genera

Afrohelops – Allardius – Armenohelops – Catomus – †Cryptohelops – Cylindronotus – Deretus – Enoplopus – Entomogonus – Erionura – Euboeus – Eustenomacidius – Gunarus – Hedyphanes – Helopelius – Helops – Idahelops – Italohelops – Micrantereus – 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 Open access 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

Helopini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 50 genera in Helopini.[1][2][3][4]
Tarpela micans
Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Helopini:

Accanthopus Dejean, 1821 (the Palearctic)
Adelphinus Fairmaire & Coquerel, 1866 (the Palearctic)
Allardius Ragusa, 1898 (the Palearctic)
Apterotarpela Kaszab, 1954 (Indomalaya)
Armenohelops Nabozhenko, 2002 (the Palearctic)
Asialassus Nabozhenko & Ando, 2018 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
Catomus Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
Ceratopelius Antoine, 1963 (the Palearctic)
Cylindrinotus Faldermann, 1837 (the Palearctic)
Deretus Gahan, 1900 (tropical Africa)
Dolphus Blanchard, 1847 (the Neotropics)
Ectromopsis Antoine, 1949 (the Palearctic)
Entomogonus Solier, 1848 (the Palearctic)
Erionura Reitter, 1903 (the Palearctic)
Erulipothydemus Pic, 1918 (Indomalaya)
Euboeus Boieldieu, 1865 (the Palearctic)
Eustenomacidius Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic)
Gunarus Gozis, 1886 (the Palearctic)
Hedyphanes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (the Palearctic)
Helopidesthes Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
Helops Fabricius, 1775 (North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic)
Idahelops Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2012 (the Palearctic)
Italohelops Español, 1961 (the Palearctic)
Mamorina Antoine, 1951 (the Palearctic)
Microcatomus Pic, 1925 (tropical Africa)
Microdocnemis Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2010 (the Palearctic)
Nalassus Mulsant, 1854 (North America, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya)
Nautes Pascoe, 1866 (North America and the Neotropics)
Neohelops Dajoz, 2001 (North America)
Nephodinus Gebien, 1943 (the Palearctic)
Nesotes Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
Nipponohelops Masumoto, Ando & Akita, 2006 (the Palearctic)
Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
Physohelops Schuster, 1937 (the Palearctic)
Pseudoprobaticus Nabozhenko, 2001 (the Palearctic)
Raiboscelis Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
Reitterohelops Skopin, 1960 (the Palearctic)
Sabularius Escalera, 1914 (the Palearctic)
Socotraphanes Nabozhenko, 2019 (tropical Africa)
Stenohelops Reitter, 1922 (the Palearctic)
Stenomax Allard, 1876 (the Palearctic)
Stygohelops Leo & Liberto, 2003 (the Palearctic)
Tarpela Bates, 1870 (North America and the Neotropics)
Taurohelops Keskin & Nabozhenko, 2015 (the Palearctic)
Turkmenohelops G.S. Medvedev, 1987 (the Palearctic)
Turkonalassus Keskin, Nabozhenko & Alpagut-Keskin, 2017 (the Palearctic)
Xanthohelops Nabozhenko, 2006 (the Palearctic)
Xanthomus Mulsant, 1854 (the Palearctic)
Zophohelops Reitter, 1902 (the Palearctic)
† Cryptohelops Nabozhenko & Kirejtshuk, 2014

References

"Helopini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.