Pimelia

Pimelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Genus: Pimelia
Fabricius, 1775

Not to be confused with the plant genus Pimelea, which often is incorrectly spelt "Pimelia".

Pimelia is a genus of darkling beetle in the subfamily Pimeliinae.[1] [2]

There are many species, some of them listed at Wikispecies [1]

References

  1. ^ Joan Pons, Eduard Petitpierre, Carlos Juan; Evolutionary Dynamics of Satellite DNA Family PIM357 in Species of the Genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera); Mol. Biol. Evol. 19(8):1329–1340. 2002
  2. ^ Watt, J. C.; A revised subfamily classification of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera); New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 1, Issue 4, 1974 DOI:10.1080/03014223.1974.9517846