Cryptochilini

Cryptochilini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 11 genera in Cryptochilini, found in tropical Africa.^[1][2][3]

Cryptochilini
Cryptochile echinata, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Cryptochilini Solier, 1841
Subtribes
Calognathina Lacordaire, 1859 Cryptochilina Solier, 1841 Homebiina Endrödy-Younga, 1989 Vansoniina Koch, 1955

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Cryptochilini^[1]

• Calognathus Guérin-Méneville, 1836
• Cerasoma Endrödy-Younga, 1989
• Cryptochile Latreille, 1828
• Cychrochile Koch, 1953
• Epipagus Haag-Rutenberg, 1872
• Homebius Endrödy-Younga, 1989
• Horatoma Solier, 1841
• Horatomella Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
• Orientochile Penrith & Endrödy-Younga, 1994
• Pachynotelus Solier, 1841
• Vansonium Koch, 1950