Psammodiini is a tribe of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 30 genera and 470 described species in Psammodiini.[1][2][3][4]

Psammodiini
Pleurophorus caesus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Psammodiini
Mulsant, 1842
Subtribes
Tesarius caelatus

Genera edit

These 37 genera belong to the tribe Psammodiini:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Psammodiini Mulsant, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves (2020). "Additions and corrections to Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (922): 65–139. doi:10.3897/zookeys.922.46367. PMC 7113323.
  3. ^ Dietz, Lars; Seidel, Matthias; Eberle, Jonas; Misof, Bernhard; et al. (2023). "A transcriptome-based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4): 672–686. doi:10.1111/syen.12602.
  4. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.