Bolitophagini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 20 genera in Bolitophagini.
The type genus of the tribe is Bolitophagus, giving the tribe its name.
Etymology
Bolitophagus derives from the Greek (òÃÂûïÃÂֈÃÂìóÿ - Boletus phage), which describes the taxon as an insect which eats fungi.
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Bolitophagini:
- Afrobyrsax <small>Ardoin, 1973</small> (tropical Africa)
- Atasthalomorpha <small>Miyatake, 1964</small> (the Palearctic)
- Atasthalus <small>Pascoe, 1871</small> (Indomalaya)
- Boletoxenus <small>Motschulsky, 1858</small> (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
- Bolitolaemus <small>Gebien, 1921</small> (tropical Africa)
- Bolitonaeus <small>Lewis, 1894</small> (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
- Bolitophagiella <small>Miyatake, 1964</small> (the Palearctic)
- Bolitophagus <small>Illiger, 1798</small> (North America and the Palearctic)
- Bolitotherus <small>Candèze, 1861</small> (North America)
- Bolitotrogus <small>Miyatake, 1964</small> (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
- Byrsax <small>Pascoe, 1860</small> (the Palearctic, Indomalaya, and Australasia)
- Eleates <small>Casey, 1886</small> (North America)
- Eledona <small>Latreille, 1797</small> (the Palearctic)
- Eledonoprius <small>Reitter, 1911</small> (the Palearctic)
- Lanhsia <small>Shibata, 1980</small> (Indomalaya)
- Megeleates <small>Casey, 1895</small> (North America)
- Microatasthalus <small>Ando, 2010</small> (Indomalaya)
- Microbolitonaeus <small>Grimm, 2014</small> (Indomalaya)
- Parabolitophagus <small>Miyatake, 1964</small> (the Palearctic)
- Rhipidandrus <small>LeConte, 1862</small> (worldwide)
- Sumbawia <small>Gebien, 1925</small> (Indomalaya)
- â Proteleates <small>Wickham, 1914</small>
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