Goniaderini

Lacordaire, 1859

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Anaedus

Goniaderini is a tribe of darkling beetles within the Lagriinae of Tenebrionidae. The tribe was established by Lacordaire in 1859 and contains multiple distributed across tropical and subtropical regions. Members are primarily ground-dwelling beetles associated with forest floor and decaying organic matter.

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Anaedus brunneus (10.3897-zookeys.728.20602) Figure 3 by Bousquet Y, Thomas DB, Bouchard P, Smith AD, Aalbu RL, Johnston AM, Steiner WE Jr (2018) Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys 728: 1-455. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Goniaderini: //ɡoʊniˈædɛraɪni//

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Habitat

Forest floor environments in tropical and subtropical regions; associated with leaf litter, decaying wood, and other decomposing organic substrates.

Distribution

Tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, with documented presence in the Neotropics, Afrotropics, and Indo-Malayan regions.

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Taxonomic placement

Goniaderini is one of several tribes within Lagriinae, a historically subject to taxonomic revision. The tribe's circumscription and included have been refined through phylogenetic studies of Tenebrionidae.