Mireanopidium Dajoz, 1977b

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Purchart, Luboš, 2012, Nanocaecus hlavaci gen. & sp. nov. - first record of the tribe Gnathidiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae) from the Socotra Archipelago, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 303-314 : 312

Mireanopidium Dajoz, 1977b

Mireanopidium camerunensis Dajoz, 1977b Cameroon

Mireanopidium montanum Dajoz, 1977b Cameroon

Mireanopidium distinctum Dajoz, 1977b Cameroon

Remarks. DAJOZ (1977b) described two genera: the genus Mauritianopidium Dajoz, 1977b with species Mauritianopidium oculatum Dajoz, 1977b , and the genus Mireanopidium Dajoz, 1977b based on three species – Mireanopidium camerunensis Dajoz, 1977b (type species of the genus), M. montanum Dajoz, 1977b and M. distinctum Dajoz, 1977b , and placed them in the tribe Anopidiini of the family Colydiidae . The tribe Anopidiini is presently recognised as the subtribe Anopidiina of the tribe Gnathidiini in the family Tenebrionidae . While Mauritianopidum undoubtedly belongs to Tenebrionidae , Mireanopidium does not. The main reason to exclude the latter genus from Tenebrionidae is the fact that it possesses 10-segmented antenna with 3-segmented club and the tarsal formula 4-4-3. We believe that it might be a member of the family Colydiidae as originally placed by Dajoz. However, the genus was not mentioned in the catalogue of this family presented by IVIE & ŚLIPIŃSKI (1990), so its systematic placement is uncertain. Therefore it is considered here as incertae sedis.

Generic assignment unclear

Anopidium errans Pope, 1962 Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru)

Remarks. The species Anopidium errans described by POPE (1962) was provisionally retained in the genus

Anopidium by BREMER (1998), although he suggested, based on several morphological characters, that for this species a new genus should probably be established.To this date, no record of a transfer of A. errans to another

(new) genus has been found in the literature, therefore this species is considered here as incertae sedis.