Eschatoporiini

Blaisdell, 1906

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Eschatoporiini is a tribe of darkling beetles within the Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae. Established by Blaisdell in 1906, this group is poorly documented in modern literature. Members of this tribe are classified within the superfamily Tenebrionoidea, a diverse of beetles characterized by hardened forewings and generally cryptic habits. The tribe appears to contain relatively few described with limited ecological study.

Eschatoporis nunenmacheri (10.3897-zookeys.688.13575) Figure 5 by Aalbu RL, Kanda K, Smith AD (2017) Reinstatement of Eschatoporiini Blaisdell, 1906, a unique tribe of blind cavernicolous Tenebrionidae from California, with a new species from Napa County (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae). ZooKeys 688: 135-149. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.688.13575. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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How to pronounce Eschatoporiini: /ɛsˌkatəˌpɔriˈaɪnaɪ/

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Taxonomic Note

Eschatoporiini is one of several tribes within the Lagriinae. The tribe's constituent and remain poorly characterized in accessible taxonomic literature. The group was established by American entomologist Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell (1862-1946), who published extensively on Tenebrionidae of western North America.

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