Praocini

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: Pimeliinae
Tribus: Praociini
Genera: Antofagapraocis – Asidelia – Falsopraocis – Gyrasida – Neopraocis – Patagonopraocis – Pilobaloderes – Platesthes – Praocidia – Praocis – Thylacoderes
Name

Praociini Eschscholtz, 1829

Type genus: Praocis Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, 1829
References

Flores, G.E. 2009: Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies. Zootaxa, 1985: 21-33. Abstract & excerpt
Flores, G.E.; Carrara, R,; Cheli, G.H. 2011: Three new Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina), with zoogeographical and ecological remarks. Zootaxa, 2965: 39–50. Preview

Praociini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 15 genera in Praociini, found in the Neotropics.[1][2][3]
Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Praociini[1]

Antofagapraocis Flores, 2000
Asidelia Fairmaire, 1905
Calymmophorus Solier, 1841
Eutelocera Solier, 1841
Falsopraocis Kulzer, 1958
Gyrasida Koch, 1962
Neopraocis Kulzer, 1958
Parapraocis Flores & Giraldo, 2020
Patagonopraocis Flores & Chani-Posse, 2005
Pilobaloderes Kulzer, 1958
Platesthes G.R. Waterhouse, 1845
Platyholmus Dejean, 1834
Praocidia Fairmaire, 1904
Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829
Thylacoderes Solier, 1843

References

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.
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; 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.

Further reading

LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
Somerby, Ronald E.; Thomas, Donald B.; Triplehorn, Charles A. (2002). "Family 106: Tenebrionidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 463–509. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.