Bolitophagini


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, which describes the taxon as an insect which eats fungi.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Bolitophagini:Afrobyrsax Ardoin, 1973 Atasthalomorpha Miyatake, 1964 Atasthalus Pascoe, 1871 Boletoxenus Motschulsky, 1858 Bolitolaemus Gebien, 1921 Bolitonaeus Lewis, 1894 Bolitophagiella Miyatake, 1964 Bolitophagus Illiger, 1798 Bolitotherus Candèze, 1861 Bolitotrogus Miyatake, 1964 Byrsax Pascoe, 1860 Eleates Casey, 1886 Eledona Latreille, 1797 Eledonoprius Reitter, 1911 Lanhsia Shibata, 1980 Megeleates Casey, 1895 Microatasthalus Ando, 2010 Microbolitonaeus Grimm, 2014 Parabolitophagus Miyatake, 1964 Rhipidandrus LeConte, 1862 Sumbawia Gebien, 1925