Asida (beetle)

Asida is a large genus of darkling beetles. They have been located around western Europe, in particular near the Mediterranean Sea.

Subgenera

The genus is divided up into 12 subgenera which in turn contain a large number of species. There are also some species not yet specified to a subgenus.

Split genera

An earlier version of this page claim the following as subgenera: Asida, Aaidopsis, Alphasida, Asida (subgenus), Dolichasida, Elongasida, Euryasida, Glabrasida, Globasida, Globasidd, Gracilasida, Granulasida, Insulasida, Leptasida, Opatrasida, Pelecyphorus, Peltasida, Planasida, Polasida, Pseudoplanasida, Rugasida, Steihasida, Trachasida.

Of these:

• Alphasida is its own full genera and Alphasida (Elongasida), Alphasida (Glabrasida) are two of its subgenera.

References

Further reading

• Due nuove Asida Latr. di Sardegna (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae).
• Synopsis des Asidini d'Algerie et de Tunisie 2. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae).
• Adiciones y correcciones ai "Ensayo sobre los Asida Latr., de Marruecos" (Col. Tenebrionidae).
• Ensayo sobre las Asida Latr. de Marruecos (Col. Tenebr.).
• Contribution a l'etude des Asida Latr. de France.
• http://www.eol.org/external_link?url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Asida