Abstract
This catalogue includes all valid genus and species-group names of Hypophlaeini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), their available synonyms, and misspellings. Type depository, distribution, and basic morphological data are given for every treated species-group name. The introductory part of this publication contains a summary of the current knowledge on larval and adult morphology within the tribe. The following new synonymies are proposed: Cheilopoma castaneumMurray, 1867 =Cheilopoma kraatziGrouvelle, 1914syn. nov.; Corticeus maehleri (Kulzer, 1957) =Hypophloeus mayumiaeMasumoto, 1983syn. nov. The lectotypes of Hypophloeus rufipesFabricius, 1801 and Hypophloeus constrictusGebien, 1921 are designated. Corticeus africanus uhligiBremer, 1995 is recognized as an independent species: Corticeus uhligiBremer, 1995stat. nov. Subgeneric classification of Corticeus is adjusted. According to the results Hypophlaeini is composed of 261 species classified in the following six genera: CheilopomaMurray, 1867 (monotypic), CorticeusPiller & Mitterpacher, 1783 (255 species and subspecies), IschnarthronGebien, 1921 (monotypic), Myonophloeus Bremer & Lillig, 2017 (monotypic), PogonoxenusWasmann, 1899 (monotypic), and TyphlophloeusJeannel & Paulian, 1945 (two species).
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