Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)
Authors: Bouchard Patrice , Bousquet Yves , Aalbu Rolf L. , Alonso-Zarazaga Miguel A. , Merkl Ottó , Davies Anthony E. 
Published: July 2021

A review of genus-group names for darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) is presented. A catalogue of 4122 nomenclaturally available genus-group names, representing 2307 valid genera (33 of which are extinct) and 761 valid subgenera, is given. For each name the author, date, page number, gender, type species, type fixation, current status, and first synonymy (when the name is a synonym) are provided. Genus-group names in this family are also recorded in a classification framework, along with data on the distribution of valid genera and subgenera within major biogeographical realms. A list of 535 unavailable genus-group names (e.g., incorrect subsequent spellings) is included. Notes on the date of publication of references cited herein are given, when known.

The following genera and subgenera are made available for the first time:AnemiadenaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inCheirodesGené, 1839),ArmigenaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inNesogenaMäklin, 1863),DebeauxiellaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inHyperopsEschscholtz, 1831),HyperopsisBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inHyperopsEschscholtz, 1831),LinioBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inNilioLatreille, 1802),MatthewsotysBouchard &amp; Bousquet,gen. nov.,NeosolenopistomaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inEurynotusW. Kirby, 1819),ParagenaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inNesogenaMäklin, 1863),PaulianariaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,gen. nov.,PhyllechusBouchard &amp; Bousquet,gen. nov.,ProrhytinotaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inRhytinotaEschscholtz, 1831),PseudorozoniaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inRozoniaFairmaire, 1888),PseudothinobatisBouchard &amp; Bousquet,gen. nov.,RhytinopsisBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inThalpophilodesStrand, 1942),RhytistenaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inRhytinotaEschscholtz, 1831),SpinosdaraBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inOsdaraWalker, 1858),SpongesmiaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inAdesmiaFischer, 1822), andZambesmiaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,subgen. nov.(inAdesmiaFischer, 1822).

The namesAdepsGistel, 1857 andAdepsionStrand, 1917syn. nov.[=TetraphyllusLaporte &amp; Brullé, 1831],AsyrmatusCanzoneri, 1959syn. nov.[=PystelopsGozis, 1910],EuzadenosKoch, 1956syn. nov.[=SelenepistomaDejean, 1834],GondwanodilamusKaszab, 1969syn. nov.[=ConibiusJ.L. LeConte, 1851],GyrinodesFauvel, 1897syn. nov.[=NesotesAllard, 1876],HelopondrusReitter, 1922syn. nov.[=HoristelopsGozis, 1910],HybonotusDejean, 1834syn. nov.[=DamatrisLaporte, 1840],IphthimeraReitter, 1916syn. nov.[=MetriopusSolier, 1835],LagriomimaPic, 1950syn. nov.[=NeogriaBorchmann, 1911],OrphelopsGozis, 1910syn. nov.[=NalassusMulsant, 1854],PhymatiumBillberg, 1820syn. nov.[=CryptochileLatreille, 1828],ProsoblapsiaSkopin &amp; Kaszab, 1978syn. nov.[=GenoblapsBauer, 1921], andPseudopimeliaGebler, 1859syn. nov.[=LasiostolaDejean, 1834] are established as new synonyms (valid names in square brackets).AnachayusBouchard &amp; Bousquet,nom. nov.is proposed as a replacement name forChatanayusArdoin, 1957,GenateropaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,nom. nov.as a replacement name forApterogenaArdoin, 1962,HemipristulaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,nom. nov.as a replacement name forHemipristisKolbe, 1903,KochotellaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,nom. nov.as a replacement name forMillotellaKoch, 1962,MedvedevoblapsBouchard &amp; Bousquet,nom. nov.as a replacement name forProtoblapsG.S. Medvedev, 1998, andSubpterocomaBouchard &amp; Bousquet,nom. nov.is proposed as a replacement name forPseudopimeliaMotschulsky, 1860.NeoeutrapelaBousquet &amp; Bouchard, 2013 is downgraded to a subgenus (stat. nov.) ofImpressosoraPic, 1952.AnchommaJ.L. LeConte, 1858 is placed in Stenosini: Dichillina (previously in Pimeliinae: Anepsiini);EntypoderaGerstaecker, 1871,ImpressosoraPic, 1952 andXanthaliaFairmaire, 1894 are placed in Lagriinae: Lagriini: Statirina (previously in Lagriinae: Lagriini: Lagriina);LoxostethusTriplehorn, 1962 is placed in Diaperinae: Diaperini: Diaperina (previously in Diaperinae: Diaperini: Adelinina);PeriphanodesGebien, 1943 is placed in Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini (previously in Tenebrioninae: Helopini);ZadenosLaporte, 1840 is downgraded to a subgenus (stat. nov.) of the older nameSelenepistomaDejean, 1834.

The type species [placed in square brackets] of the following available genus-group names are designated for the first time:AllostrongyliumKolbe, 1896 [Allostrongylium silvestreKolbe, 1896],AuristiraBorchmann, 1916 [Auristira octocostataBorchmann, 1916],BlapidocampsiaPic, 1919 [Campsia pallidipesPic, 1918],CerostenaSolier, 1836 [Cerostena deplanataSolier, 1836],CoracostiraFairmaire, 1899 [Coracostira armipesFairmaire, 1899],DischidusKolbe, 1886 [Helops sinuatusFabricius, 1801],EccoptostomaGebien, 1913 [Taraxides ruficrusFairmaire, 1894],EllaemusPascoe, 1866 [Emcephalus submaculatusBrême, 1842],EpeurycaulusKolbe, 1902 [Epeurycaulus aldabricusKolbe, 1902],EuschatiaSolier, 1851 [Euschatia proximaSolier, 1851],HeliocaesBedel, 1906 [Blaps emarginataFabricius, 1792],HemipristisKolbe, 1903 [Hemipristis ukamiaKolbe, 1903],IphthimeraReitter, 1916 [Stenocara ruficornisSolier, 1835],IsopedusStein, 1877 [Helops tenebrioidesGermar, 1813],MalacovaFairmaire, 1898 [Malacova bicolorFairmaire, 1898],ModicodisemaPic, 1917 [Disema subopacaPic, 1912],PeltadesmiaKuntzen, 1916 [Metriopus platynotusGerstaecker, 1854],PhymatiumBillberg, 1820 [Pimelia maculataFabricius, 1781],PodocesPéringuey, 1886 [Podoces granosulaPéringuey, 1886],PseuduroplatopsisPic, 1913 [Borchmannia javanaPic, 1913],PteraulusSolier, 1848 [Pteraulus sulcatipennisSolier, 1848],SciacaSolier, 1835 [Hylithus disctinctusSolier, 1835],StercesChampion, 1891 [Sterces violaceipennisChampion, 1891] andTeremenesCarter, 1914 [Tenebrio longipennisHope, 1843].

Evidence suggests that some type species were misidentified. In these instances, information on the misidentification is provided and, in the following cases, the taxonomic species actually involved is fixed as the type species [placed in square brackets] following requirements in Article 70.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature:AccanthopusDejean, 1821 [Tenebrio velikensisPiller &amp; Mitterpacher, 1783],BecvaramarygmusMasumoto, 1999 [Dietysus nodicornisGravely, 1915],HeterophagaDejean, 1834 [Opatrum laevigatumFabricius, 1781],LaenaDejean, 1821, [Scaurus viennensisSturm, 1807],MargusDejean, 1834 [Colydium castaneumHerbst, 1797],PachyceraEschscholtz, 1831 [Tenebrio buprestoidesFabricius, 1781],SaragusErichson, 1842 [Celibe costataSolier, 1848],SteneStephens, 1829 [Colydium castaneumHerbst, 1797],StenosisHerbst, 1799 [Tagenia intermediaSolier, 1838] andTentyriopsisGebien, 1928 [Tentyriopsis pertyiGebien, 1940].

The following First Reviser actions are proposed to fix the precedence of names or nomenclatural acts (rejected name or act in square brackets):Stenosis ciliarisGebien, 1920 as the type species forAfronosisG.S. Medvedev, 1995 [Stenosis leontjeviG.S. Medvedev, 1995],AlienoplonyxBremer, 2019 [Alienolonyx],AmblypteracaMas-Peinado, Buckley, Ruiz &amp; García-París, 2018 [Amplypteraca],CaenocrypticoidesKaszab, 1969 [Caenocripticoides],DerilesMotschulsky, 1872 [Derilis],EccoptostiraBorchmann, 1936 [Ecoptostira], †EodromusHaupt, 1950 [†Edromus],EutelusSolier, 1843 [Lutelus],EuthripteraReitter, 1893 [Enthriptera],MeglyphusMotschulsky, 1872 [Megliphus],MicrotelopsisKoch, 1940 [ExtetranosisKoch, 1940,HypermicrotelopsisKoch, 1940],NeandrosusPic, 1921 [Neoandrosus],NodosogyliumPic, 1951 [Nodosogilium],NotiolesthusMotschulsky, 1872 [Notiolosthus],PseudeucyrtusPic, 1916 [Pseudocyrtus],PseudotrichoplatyscelisKaszab, 1960 [PseudotrichoplatynoscelisandPseudotrichoplatycelis],RhydimorphaKoch, 1943 [Rhytimorpha],RhophobasMotschulsky, 1872 [Rophobas],RhyssochitonGray, 1831 [RyssochetonandRyssochiton],SphaerotidiusKaszab, 1941 [Spaerotidius],StiraAgassiz, 1846 (Mollusca) [StiraAgassiz, 1846 (Coleoptera)],SulpiusomaFerrer, 2006 [Sulpiosoma] andTaenobatesMotschulsky, 1872 [Taeniobates].

Supporting evidence is provided for the conservation of usage ofCyphaleusWestwood, 1841 nomen protectum overChrysobalusBoisduval, 1835 nomen oblitum.