Genus of beetles
Cheirodes is a genus of darkling beetles in the Melanimonini tribe. It was formerly known as Anemia until 1973, when T. J. Spilman determined Anemia to be a synonym of Cheirodes Géné, 1839 .[ 1]
Subgenera
Cheirodes is split into several subgenera:
Cheirodes Géné, 1839
Anemiadena Ardoin, 1971 [ 2]
Histiaea Fairmaire, 1892
Pseudanemia Wollaston, 1864
Spinanemia Ardoin, 1971 [ 2]
Trichanemia Ardoin, 1971 [ 2]
Ammidanemia Reitter, 1904 is partly synonymous with Histiaea Fairmaire, 1892 and Pseudanemia Wollaston, 1864 .[ 2]
Species
Among the species within this genus are:
Subgenus Cheirodes Géné, 1839
C. aethiopea (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia aethiopea Ardoin, 1971 )
C. chobauti (Reitter, 1898) (Synonyms: Anemia rotundicollis Reitter, 1884 , Anemia reitteri Pic, 1899 , Anemia chobauti (Reitter, 1898) )
C. durandi (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia durandi Ardoin, 1971 )
C. granulatus (Laporte , 1840) (Synonyms: Anemia crassa Wollaston, 1867 , Anemia granulata Laporte, 1840 )
C. gruveli (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia gruveli Ardoin, 1971 )
C. humeralis (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia humeralis Ardoin, 1971 )
C. opacula (Fairmaire, 1882)
C. punctata (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia punctata Ardoin, 1971 )
C. sardous Géné, 1839 (Synonym: Anemia sardoa (Géné, 1839) )
C. sardoa denticulata (Wollaston, 1867) (Synonym: Anemia sardoa sudanica Gridelli, 1950 )
C. villiersi (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia villiersi Ardoin, 1971 )
Subgenus Spinanemia Ardoin, 1971
C. allardi (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia allardi Ardoin, 1971 )
C. amieti (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia amieti Ardoin, 1971 )
C. capensis (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia capensis Ardoin, 1971 )
C. cornutus (Pic, 1898) (Synonym: Anemia cornuta Pic, 1898 )
C. cornutus panelii (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia cornutus panelii Ardoin, 1971 )
C. crispa (Quedenfeldt, 1885) (Synonym: Anemia crispa Quedenfeldt, 1885 )
C. curta (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia curta Ardoin, 1971 )
C. hottentota (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia hottentota Ardoin, 1971 )
C. kaszabi (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia kaszabi Ardoin, 1971 )
C. mystacina (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia mystacina Ardoin, 1971 )
C. ovatula (Fairmaire, 1891)
C. pilosus (Tournier, 1868) (Synonyms: Anemia pilosa Tournier, 1868 , Anemia fenyesi Reitter, 1897 , Cheirodes fissidens Reitter, 1898 )
C. poteli Lillig & Ferrer, 2001 [ 3]
C. roeri (Ardoin, 1976) [ 4]
C. royi (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia royi Ardoin, 1971 )
C. royi tchadensis (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia royi tchadensis Ardoin, 1971 )
C. seriattipennis (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia seriattipennis Ardoin, 1971 )
C. thoracicus (Fairmaire, 1891) (Synonym: Anemia thoracicus Fairmaire, 1891 )
C. uhligi Ferrer, 2004 [ 5]
Subgenus Anemiadena Ardoin, 1971
C. convexa (Gestro, 1881)
C. giraudini (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia giraudini Ardoin, 1971 )
Subgenus Trichanemia Ardoin, 1971
C. schmitzi (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia schmitzi Ardoin, 1971 )
Subgenus Histiaea Fairmaire, 1892
C. angolensis (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia angolensis Ardoin, 1971 )
C. asperulus (Reitter, 1884) (Synonyms: Anemia denticulata Pic, 1923 , Anemia aegyptiaca Pic, 1936 , Anemia asperula Reitter, 1884 , Anemia asperula var. seriesetosa Baudi, 1884 )
C. bidentulus (Fairmaire, 1892) (Synonym: Histiaea bidentula Ardoin, 1971 )
C. jaegeri Bremer, 2001
C. kochii (Ardoin, 1976) [ 4]
C. sakalava (Alluaud, 1900)
C. schultzei (Geibien, 1910) (Synonym: A. submetallica Peringuey, 1908 )
Subgenus Pseudanemia Wollaston, 1864
C. abyssinica (Ardoin, 1971) [ 2] (Synonym: Anemia abyssinica Ardoin, 1971 )
C. brevicollis (Wollaston, 1864) (Synonyms: Anemia aphodioides Walker, 1871 , Anemia rotundicollis Desbrochers, 1881 , Anemia fausti Solsky, 1881 , Anemia hauseri Reitter, 1894 , Anemia striolata Fairmaire, 1894 , Anemia pharao Reitter, 1897 , Anemia curticollis Pic, 1923 , Pseudanemia brevicollis Wollaston, 1864 )
C. drurei (Pic, 1923) (Synonym: Anemia drurei Pic, 1923 )
C. submetallicus (Raffray, 1873) (Synonyms: Anemia palaestina Pic, 1899 , Anemia submetallica (Raffray, 1873) , Anoemia submetallica Raffray, 1873 )
C. africanus Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. ahomanae Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. anatolicus Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. arabicus Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. californicus (Horn, 1870) (Synonym: Anaemia californica Horn, 1870 )
C. dentipes (Ballion, 1878) (Synonym: Microzoum dentipes Ballion, 1878 )
C. guanchorum Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. linnmani Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. massauensis Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. occulata (Wollaston, 1860)
C. otomanus Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. ruthmuellerae Ferrer, 2016 [ 6]
C. sculpturata (Ritsema, 1875)
References
^ Spilman, T.J. (1973). "Nomenclatural problems in six genera of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera)" (PDF) . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 75 : 39– 44.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Ardoin, P. (1971). "CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE DES ESPÈCES AFRICAINES ET MALGACHES DU GENRE ANEMIA LAPORTE [COL. TENEBRIONIDAE]" [Contribution of the study of the African and Madagascan species of the genus Anemia LAPORTE [Col. Tenebrionidae]]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . Nouvelle Série (in French). 7 : 357– 422.
^ Lillig, M.; Ferrer, J. (2001). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Cheirodes GENÉ, 1839 aus Zimbabwe (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)" . Acta Coleopterologica (in German). 17 : 31– 34.
^ a b Ardoin, P. (1976). "Deux nouvelles espèces africanes du genre Anemia Laporte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)" . Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in French). 22 (1– 4): 1– 4.
^ Ferrer, J. (2004). "Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) de Namibia, avec descriptions de 12 espèces nouvelles". Zoosystematics and Evolution (in French). 80 (2): 181– 250. doi :10.1002/mmnz.20040800204 .
^ a b c d e f g h i Ferrer, J. (2016). "Contribución al conocimiento del género Cheirodes Géné 1839, con descripción de nuevas especies de Europa y África (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)" [Contributions to the knowledge of the genus Cheirodes Géné, 1839, with description of new species from Europe and África (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)] (PDF) . Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (in Spanish). 59 : 85– 101.
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