Zophosis

Zophosis
Zophosis bicarinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Zophosini
Genus: Zophosis
Latreille, 1802
Subgenera

Zophosis, known generally as frantic surface beetles is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. They are found in the Palearctic, tropical Africa, and Indomalaya.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.
  2. ↑ "Zophosis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-07.