Cheirodes is a genus of darkling beetles in the Melanimonini tribe. It was formerly known as Anemia until 1973, when T. J. Spilman determined Anemia to be a synonym of Cheirodes <small>Géné, 1839</small>.
Subgenera
Cheirodes is split into several subgenera:
- Cheirodes <small>Géné, 1839</small>
- Anemiadena <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>
- Histiaea <small>Fairmaire, 1892</small>
- Pseudanemia <small>Wollaston, 1864</small>
- Spinanemia <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>
- Trichanemia <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>
Ammidanemia <small>Reitter, 1904</small> is partly synonymous with Histiaea <small>Fairmaire, 1892</small> and Pseudanemia <small>Wollaston, 1864</small>.
Species
Among the species within this genus are:
- Subgenus Cheirodes <small>Géné, 1839</small>
- C. aethiopea <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia aethiopea <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. chobauti <small>(Reitter, 1898)</small> (Synonyms: Anemia rotundicollis <small>Reitter, 1884</small>, Anemia reitteri <small>Pic, 1899</small>, Anemia chobauti <small>(Reitter, 1898)</small>)
- C. durandi <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia durandi <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. granulatus <small>(Laporte, 1840)</small> (Synonyms: Anemia crassa <small>Wollaston, 1867</small>, Anemia granulata <small>Laporte, 1840</small>)
- C. gruveli <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia gruveli <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. humeralis <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia humeralis <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. opacula <small>(Fairmaire, 1882)</small>
- C. punctata <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia punctata <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. sardous <small>Géné, 1839</small> (Synonym: Anemia sardoa <small>(Géné, 1839)</small>)
- C. sardoa denticulata <small>(Wollaston, 1867)</small> (Synonym: Anemia sardoa sudanica <small>Gridelli, 1950</small>)
- C. villiersi <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia villiersi <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- Subgenus Spinanemia <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>
- C. allardi <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia allardi <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. amieti <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia amieti <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. capensis <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia capensis <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. cornutus <small>(Pic, 1898)</small> (Synonym: Anemia cornuta <small>Pic, 1898</small>)
- C. cornutus panelii <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia cornutus panelii <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. crispa <small>(Quedenfeldt, 1885)</small> (Synonym: Anemia crispa <small>Quedenfeldt, 1885</small>)
- C. curta <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia curta <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. hottentota <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia hottentota <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. kaszabi <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia kaszabi <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. mystacina <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia mystacina <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. ovatula <small>(Fairmaire, 1891)</small>
- C. pilosus <small>(Tournier, 1868)</small> (Synonyms: Anemia pilosa <small>Tournier, 1868</small>, Anemia fenyesi <small>Reitter, 1897</small>, Cheirodes fissidens <small>Reitter, 1898</small>)
- C. poteli <small>Lillig & Ferrer, 2001</small>
- C. roeri <small>(Ardoin, 1976)</small>
- C. royi <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia royi <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. royi tchadensis <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia royi tchadensis <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. seriattipennis <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia seriattipennis <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. thoracicus <small>(Fairmaire, 1891)</small> (Synonym: Anemia thoracicus <small>Fairmaire, 1891</small>)
- C. uhligi <small>Ferrer, 2004</small>
- Subgenus Anemiadena <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>
- C. convexa <small>(Gestro, 1881)</small>
- C. giraudini <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia giraudini <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- Subgenus Trichanemia <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>
- C. schmitzi <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia schmitzi <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- Subgenus Histiaea <small>Fairmaire, 1892</small>
- C. angolensis <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia angolensis <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. asperulus <small>(Reitter, 1884)</small> (Synonyms: Anemia denticulata <small>Pic, 1923</small>, Anemia aegyptiaca <small>Pic, 1936</small>, Anemia asperula <small>Reitter, 1884</small>, Anemia asperula var. seriesetosa <small>Baudi, 1884</small>)
- C. bidentulus <small>(Fairmaire, 1892)</small> (Synonym: Histiaea bidentula <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. jaegeri <small>Bremer, 2001</small>
- C. kochii <small>(Ardoin, 1976)</small>
- C. sakalava <small>(Alluaud, 1900)</small>
- C. schultzei <small>(Geibien, 1910)</small> (Synonym: A. submetallica <small>Peringuey, 1908</small>)
- Subgenus Pseudanemia <small>Wollaston, 1864</small>
- C. abyssinica <small>(Ardoin, 1971)</small> (Synonym: Anemia abyssinica <small>Ardoin, 1971</small>)
- C. brevicollis <small>(Wollaston, 1864)</small> (Synonyms: Anemia aphodioides <small>Walker, 1871</small>, Anemia rotundicollis <small>Desbrochers, 1881</small>, Anemia fausti <small>Solsky, 1881</small>, Anemia hauseri <small>Reitter, 1894</small>, Anemia striolata <small>Fairmaire, 1894</small>, Anemia pharao <small>Reitter, 1897</small>, Anemia curticollis <small>Pic, 1923</small>, Pseudanemia brevicollis <small>Wollaston, 1864</small>)
- C. drurei <small>(Pic, 1923)</small> (Synonym: Anemia drurei <small>Pic, 1923</small>)
- C. submetallicus <small>(Raffray, 1873)</small> (Synonyms: Anemia palaestina <small>Pic, 1899</small>, Anemia submetallica <small>(Raffray, 1873)</small>, Anoemia submetallica <small>Raffray, 1873</small>)
- C. africanus <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. ahomanae <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. anatolicus <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. arabicus <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. californicus <small>(Horn, 1870)</small> (Synonym: Anaemia californica <small>Horn, 1870</small>)
- C. dentipes <small>(Ballion, 1878)</small> (Synonym: Microzoum dentipes <small>Ballion, 1878</small>)
- C. guanchorum <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. linnmani <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. massauensis <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. occulata <small>(Wollaston, 1860)</small>
- C. otomanus <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. ruthmuellerae <small>Ferrer, 2016</small>
- C. sculpturata <small>(Ritsema, 1875)</small>
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