{{Short description|Tribe of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Pedinini | image = Pedinus femoralis (Linnaeus 1767) (28588508760).png | image_caption = Pedinus femoralis | authority = Eschscholtz, 1829 | subdivision_ranks = Subtribes | subdivision = * Helopinina <small>Lacordaire, 1859</small> * Leichenina <small>Mulsant, 1854</small> * Pedinina <small>Eschscholtz, 1829</small> }}

'''Pedinini''' is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are 19 known genera in Pedinini.<ref name=bugguide/><ref name=Bousquet2018/><ref name=Bouchard2021/><ref name=Bouchard2011/>

In research by Kamiński et al. published in 2021, the concept Pedinini has been revisited. Based on molecular evidence Helopinina, Leichenina and Pedinina were considered subtribes within a single tribe.<ref name="bugguide" /> Identification key to Pedinina has been provided by Kamiński and Iwan in 2017,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kamiński |first=Marcin Jan |last2=Iwan |first2=Dariusz |date=September 2017 |title=Revision of the Subtribe Pedinina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.3.006 |journal=Annales Zoologici |language=en |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=585–607 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.3.006 |issn=0003-4541|url-access=subscription }}</ref> while the catalog of species representing Helopinina was published by Kamiński et al. 2021.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kamiński |first=Marcin Jan |last2=Lumen |first2=Ryan |last3=Müller |first3=Ruth |last4=Kanda |first4=Kojun |last5=Robiche |first5=Gérard |last6=Smith |first6=Aaron Dennis |date=2021-12-07 |title=Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini) |url=https://bioone.org/journals/the-coleopterists-bulletin/volume-75/issue-3/0010-065X-75.3.537/Illustrated-Catalog-of-the-Subtribe-Helopinina-Lacordaire-Coleoptera--Tenebrionidae/10.1649/0010-065X-75.3.537.full |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume=75 |issue=3 |doi=10.1649/0010-065x-75.3.537 |issn=0010-065X}}</ref>

==Genera== These genera belong to the tribe Pedinini: {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''Amatodes'' <small>Dejean, 1834</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Ametrocera'' <small>Fåhraeus, 1870</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Anaxius'' <small>Fåhraeus, 1870</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Apsheronellus'' <small>Bogatchev, 1967</small> (the Palearctic) * ''Aptila'' <small>Fåhraeus, 1870</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Asidodema'' <small>Koch, 1958</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Blastarnodes'' <small>Koch, 1958</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Cabirutus'' <small>Strand, 1929</small> (the Palearctic and Indomalaya) * ''Colpotinus'' <small>Fairmaire, 1891</small> (the Palearctic) * ''Diestecopus'' <small>Solier, 1848</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Drosochrus'' <small>Erichson, 1843</small> (the Palearctic and tropical Africa) * ''Leichenum'' <small>Dejean, 1834</small> (North America, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and Oceania) * ''Loensus'' <small>R. Lucas, 1920</small> (tropical Africa and Indomalaya) * ''Micrantereus'' <small>Solier, 1848</small> (the Palearctic and tropical Africa) * ''Nicandra'' <small>Fairmaire, 1888</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Oncopteryx'' <small>Gebien, 1943</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Pedinus'' <small>Latreille, 1797</small> (the Palearctic and Indomalaya) * ''Piscicula'' <small>Robiche, 2004</small> (tropical Africa) * ''Psectes'' <small>Hesse, 1935</small> (tropical Africa) {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=bugguide> {{Cite web| title=Pedinini tribe Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/375546 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2021-08-08 }}</ref>

<ref name=Bousquet2018> {{Cite journal | title = Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America | date = 2018 | last1 = Bousquet | first1 = Yves | last2 = Thomas | first2 = Donald B. | last3 = Bouchard | first3 = Patrice | last4 = Smith | first4 = Aaron D. | last5 = Aalbu | first5 = Rolf L. | last6 = Johnston | first6 = M. Andrew | last7 = Steiner | first7 = Warren E. Jr. | display-authors = 4 | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 728| pages = 1–455 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 | pmc=5799738 | pmid=29416389 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

<ref name=Bouchard2021> {{Cite journal | title = Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) | date = 2021 | last1 = Bouchard | first1 = Patrice | last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves | last3 = Aalbu | first3 = Rolf L. | last4 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first4 = Miguel A. | last5 = Merkl | first5 = Ottó | last6 = Davies | first6 = Anthony E. | display-authors = 4 | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 1050 | pages = 1–633 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64217/ | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 | pmid = 34385881 | pmc = 8328949 | hdl = 10261/250214 | hdl-access = free | doi-access = free }}</ref>

<ref name=Bouchard2011> {{Cite journal | title = Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) | date = 2011 | last1 = Bouchard | first1 = Patrice | last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves | last3 = Davies | first3 = Anthony E. | last4 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first4 = Miguel A. | last5 = Lawrence | first5 = John F. | last6 = Lyal | first6 = Chris H. C. | last7 = Newton | first7 = Alfred F. | last8 = Reid | first8 = Chris A. M. | last9 = Schmitt | first9 = Michael | last10 = Ślipiński | first10 = S. Adam | last11 = Smith | first11 = Andrew B. T. | display-authors = 4 | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 88| pages = 1–972 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 | pmc=3088472 | pmid=21594053 | doi-access = free }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Classification of the Coleoptera of North America | date = 1861 | last1 = LeConte | first1 = J. L. | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections| volume = 3| issue = 136 | isbn = 978-0665100550 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732 | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 }} * {{Cite book | title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea | date = 2002 | last1 = Somerby | first1 = Ronald E. | last2 = Thomas | first2 = Donald B. | last3 = Triplehorn | first3 = Charles A. | editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = Ross H. Jr. | editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = Michael C. | editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = Paul E. | editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. Howard | publisher = CRC Press | chapter = Family 106: Tenebrionidae| pages = 463–509 | isbn = 978-0-8493-0954-0 }} {{refend}}

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