Taxonomy of Genus Somaticus Hope, 1840 False wireworms, Tar darkling beetles
Class | Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects | 4179 190570 2444470 | Families Genera Species | Subclass | Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects | 3816 189502 2439455 | Families Genera Species | Infraclass | Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399 186457 2415487 | Families Genera Species | Superorder | Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects | 1891 142849 2048615 | Families Genera Species | Order | Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans | 592 62779 813516 | Families Genera Species | Suborder | Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags | 274 54416 687671 | Families Genera Species | Infraorder | Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
| 154 35097 374025 | Families Genera Species | Superfamily | Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles | 42 6123 53447 | Families Genera Species | | Family | Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms | 4081 27679 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Pimeliinae Latreille, 1802
| 639 9792 | Genera Species | | Tribe | Molurini Solier, 1843
| 33 878 | Genera Species | | Subtribe | Molurina Solier, 1843
| 30 845 | Genera Species | | Genus | Somaticus Hope, 1840 False wireworms, Tar darkling beetles | 174 | Species |
Subnodes of Somaticus Hope, 1840 | Subgenus | Somaticus (Acromaticus) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Bechuanitis) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Ceromelaephus) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Clinocranion) Ant. Jos. Jean Solier, 1843
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Diacis) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Somaticus) Frederic William Hope, 1840 False wireworms, Tar darkling beetles | 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Trachelaeum) Frederic William Hope, 1840
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Trachyderes) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Trichotrachys) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Trichotrichus) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Somaticus (Tropitrachys) Carl Koch, 1955
| 0 | Species | | Species | Somaticus adventitus Péringuey, 1899
| | | | Species | Somaticus aeneus Solier, 1843
| | | | Species | Somaticus albanyensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus albomaculatus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus albulus
| | | | Species | Somaticus algoensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus angulatus Fåhraeus, 1870 False wireworm | | | | Species | Somaticus angustus Péringuey, 1886
| | | | Species | Somaticus badeni Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus barnardi Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus bipunctatus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus bisbicostatus Gebien, 1920
| | | | Species | Somaticus bisinuatus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus bohemani Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus braunsi Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus brucki Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus carinatus Solier, 1843
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus caviventris Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus cinctus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus cohaerens Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus contractus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus corallipes Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus cordipennis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus crinitus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus damarinus Péringuey, 1904
| | | | Species | Somaticus darlingtoni Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus decoratipes Koch, 1955
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus dilatatus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus dimorphus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus distinctus Péringuey, 1892
| | | | Species | Somaticus dubius Péringuey, 1885
| | | | Species | Somaticus dutoiti Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus eremicola Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus fahraeusi Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus fitzsimonsi Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus frontalis
| | | | Species | Somaticus funestus Fåhraeus, 1870
| | | | Species | Somaticus geniculatus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus georgensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus giganteus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus glabriventris Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus goryi Solier, 1843
| | | | Species | Somaticus gracilipes Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus griseus Fåhraeus, 1870
| | | | Species | Somaticus gunvorae Koch, 1953
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus haagi Péringuey, 1899
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus hereroensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus hirtundo
| | | | Species | Somaticus hirundo Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus hispidus Hesse, 1935
| | | | Species | Somaticus histrio Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus hoffmanni Haag-Rutenberg, 1878
| | | | Species | Somaticus impressicollis Péringuey, 1885
| | | | Species | Somaticus incostatus Gebien, 1920
| | | | Species | Somaticus intermedius Haag-Rutenberg, 1878
| | | | Species | Somaticus karrooensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus kraatzi Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus kungorum Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus laticollis Hope, 1840
| | | | Species | Somaticus licinoides Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus lightfooti
| | | | Species | Somaticus lutolentus
| | | | Species | Somaticus lutulentus Péringuey, 1899
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus maculosus Fåhraeus, 1870
| | | | Species | Somaticus malaisei Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus marginatum Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Somaticus marginatus Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Somaticus marlothi Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus metropolis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus moerens Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
| | | | Species | Somaticus namaquensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus newtoni Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus nitens Péringuey, 1899
| | | | Species | Somaticus nollothensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus obscurus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus peregrinator Koch, 1953
| | | | Species | Somaticus planatus Solier, 1843
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus plutus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus praephallatus Koch, 1955
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus pretorianus Koch, 1955
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus punctiger Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus purcelli Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus pygmaeus Fåhraeus, 1870
| | | | Species | Somaticus ratus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus regalis Haag-Rutenberg, 1875
| | | | Species | Somaticus rugosus Fabricius, 1781
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus rugulosicollis Hesse, 1935
| | | | Species | Somaticus saxicola Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus scaber Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus schalkwykae Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus scutelliformis Laporte, 1840
| | | | Species | Somaticus seminitidus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus serratus Péringuey, 1885
| | | | Species | Somaticus silphoides Fåhraeus, 1870
| 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus similis Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus sinuatus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus sordidus Gerstaecker, 1854
| | | | Species | Somaticus spinosus Solier, 1843
| | | | Species | Somaticus stali Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus straminicornis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus strangulatus Gebien, 1920
| 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus striatus Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Somaticus stridulatus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus suturalifer Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus tentyrioides Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus terricola Fåhraeus, 1870
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus testudo Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus tibialis Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus transmontanus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus transvaalensis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus tropicalis Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus vansonianus Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus varicollis Koch, 1955
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus vestitus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus vittiger Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| | | | Species | Somaticus wahlbergi Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Somaticus welwitschi Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus zinni Koch, 1955
| | | | Species | Somaticus zumpti Koch, 1955
| 2 | Subspecies |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Somaticus | English | False wireworms, Tar darkling beetles |
Distribution of Somaticus Hope, 1840 Angola, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ecozone River
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