Taxonomy of Genus Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758
Indet. Mealworm Beetle, Mealworm 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 | Tenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
| 870
9148 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Tenebrionini
Latreille, 1802
| 72
501 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Tenebrio
Linnaeus, 1758
Indet. Mealworm Beetle, Mealworm beetles | 243 | Species |
Subnodes of Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758 | Subgenus | Tenebrio (Afrotenebrio)
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Tenebrio (Tenebrio)
Tenebrio, 1758
Mealworm beetles | 4 | Species | | Species | Tenebrio abbreviatus Fabricius, 1775 ⇒ Phylan (Phylan) abbreviatus abbreviatus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio acuminatus De Geer, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio aegyptius Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio aeneus De Geer, 1775 ⇒ Stenomax (Stenomax) aeneus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio aestivus Müller, 1776
| | | | Species | Tenebrio affinis Rossi, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio agricola Scopoli, 1772
| | | | Species | Tenebrio alexandrinus Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio alternicostis Marseul, 1876
| | | | Species | Tenebrio angulatus Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio angustus Zoufal, 1892
| | | | Species | Tenebrio anthracinus Knoch, 1801 ⇒ Xylopinus saperdoides
| | | | Species | Tenebrio arboreus Schrank, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio arenaria Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio arundinaceum Forskal, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio arundinaceus Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio asper Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio asperrimus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio ater Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio atratus Fabricius, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio aurita Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio auritus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio azurea Waltl, 1838
| | | | Species | Tenebrio barbarus Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio barbatus Knoch, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio bicolor Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio biimpressus Latreille, 1833
| | | | Species | Tenebrio boleti Scopoli, 1763
| | | | Species | Tenebrio brunneus Zimsen, 1964 ⇒ Neandra brunnea
| | | | Species | Tenebrio brunnipes Fabricius, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio buparius Forster, 1771 ⇒ Scarites (Scallophorites) buparius
| | | | Species | Tenebrio buprestoides Schrank, 1781 ⇒ Spondylis buprestoides
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cadaverina Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cadaverinus Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Helops caeruleus caeruleus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio calculensis ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1895
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cancellatus Montrouzier, 1860
| | | | Species | Tenebrio capensis Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio capreae Scopoli, 1763
| | | | Species | Tenebrio caraboides Linnæus, 1758 ⇒ Cychrus (Cychrus) caraboides
| | | | Species | Tenebrio caspicus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio castaneus Knoch, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cedrorum Pic, 1925
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cephalotes Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio chalybeus Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio chrysomelinus Rossi, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio chrysomeloides Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio codinae Reitter, 1912 ⇒ Asida cocquempoti
| | | | Species | Tenebrio coerulea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio coeruleus Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio collaris Linné, 1767 ⇒ Elenophorus collaris
| | | | Species | Tenebrio complanatus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 ⇒ Pasimachus (Pasimachus) depressus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio coracinus Knoch, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cornutus Fabricius, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio costata Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio costatus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cothurnatus Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cristatus De Geer, 1778
| | | | Species | Tenebrio crotchii Wollaston, 1865
| | | | Species | Tenebrio culinaris Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Uloma culinaris
| | | | Species | Tenebrio culinarius Müller, 1776
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cuprea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cupreus Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cursor Fabricius, 1792 ⇒ Oryzaephilus surinamensis
| | | | Species | Tenebrio curvipes Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cyanipes Knoch, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio cylindricus Herbst, 1784 ⇒ Menephilus cylindricus cylindricus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio depressus Linné, 1767 ⇒ Pytho depressus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio dermestoides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 ⇒ Necrobia rufipes
| | | | Species | Tenebrio diaperinus Panzer, 1796
| | | | Species | Tenebrio didymus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio difformis Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio digitatus Fabricius, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio dubia Schaller, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio dubius Schaller, 1783 ⇒ Melandrya (Melandrya) dubia
| | | | Species | Tenebrio echinatus Pallas, 1776
| | | | Species | Tenebrio effossus ♰ E. F. Germar, 1837
| | | | Species | Tenebrio elongatus Herbst, 1797
| | | | Species | Tenebrio emarginatus Montrouzier, 1855
| | | | Species | Tenebrio erodius Pallas, 1782
| | | | Species | Tenebrio erraticus Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio fagi Panzer, 1799
| | | | Species | Tenebrio femoralis Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio femoratus Drury, 1773
| | | | Species | Tenebrio ferruginea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio ferrugineum Fabricius, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio ferrugineus Panzer, 1793
| | | | Species | Tenebrio festinans Statius Müller, 1776
| | | | Species | Tenebrio filiformes Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio filiformis Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio flavus Scopoli, 1763 ⇒ Cteniopus (Cteniopus) sulphureus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio fossor Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒
| | | | Species | Tenebrio fuliginosus Fairmaire, 1874
| | | | Species | Tenebrio fuscus Rossi, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio gages Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio gallicus Pallas, 1782
| | | | Species | Tenebrio gemellata Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio gibba Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio gibbus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio giganteus Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio gigas Linné, 1763 ⇒ Blaps gigas
| | | | Species | Tenebrio glaber Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio glabricollis Sturm, 1826
| | | | Species | Tenebrio glandiformis Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio globosus Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio globulosa Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio grandicollis Fairmaire, 1897
| | | | Species | Tenebrio grossus Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio guineensis Imhoff, 1843
| | | | Species | Tenebrio hirticornis De Geer, 1775 ⇒ Orthocerus clavicornis
| | | | Species | Tenebrio hispida Forskl, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio hispidus Forskål, 1775 ⇒ Trachyderma (Trachyderma) hispida
| | | | Species | Tenebrio hypolithos Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio hypolithus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio impressus Weber, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio incurvatus Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio innominatus Weyenbergh, 1869
| | | | Species | Tenebrio laevigatus Fabricius, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio laevioctostriatus Goeze, 1777
| | | | Species | Tenebrio laevis Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio laminatus Fabricius, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio lanipes Linné, 1771
| | | | Species | Tenebrio lardarius De Geer, 1778 ⇒ Stephostethus lardarius
| | | | Species | Tenebrio laticollis Pallas, 1781 ⇒ Tenebrio (Tenebrio) molitor
| | | | Species | Tenebrio latipes Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio leucogramma Pallas, 1773
| | | | Species | Tenebrio leucogrammus Pallas, 1773
| | | | Species | Tenebrio leucographus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio lignarius De Geer, 1778
| | | | Species | Tenebrio linearis Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio longicollis Motschulsky, 1872 ⇒ Tentyrina longicollis
| | | | Species | Tenebrio longicornis Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio luctuosus Schrank, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio lunatus Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio lusitanicus Herbst, 1797
| | | | Species | Tenebrio lutea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio madens Charpentier, 1825
| | | | Species | Tenebrio madraspatanus Pallas, 1782
| | | | Species | Tenebrio mauritanicus Linnæus, 1758 ⇒ Tenebroides mauritanicus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio maurus De Geer, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio maxillosus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio medius Desbrochers des Loges, 1881
| | | | Species | Tenebrio minutus Linné, 1767 ⇒ Latridius minutus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio molitir L., 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio molitoria Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio montanus Scopoli, 1772
| | | | Species | Tenebrio mortisaga Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio mortisagus Linnæus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio muricata Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio muricatus Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio nigra Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio noctivagus Mulsant & Rey, 1854
| | | | Species | Tenebrio nomas Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio notoceros Pallas, 1782
| | | | Species | Tenebrio obscurum Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio olivensis Wollaston, 1854
| | | | Species | Tenebrio ovatus Gmelin, 1790 ⇒ Alphitobius laevigatum
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pachysoma Montrouzier, 1860
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pallens Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Antherophagus pallens
| | | | Species | Tenebrio patrizii Gridelli, 1958
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pedicularius Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pellucida Herbst, 1799
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pensylvanicus De Geer, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio piceus Schaller, 1783 ⇒ Tenebroides mauritanicus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio picipes Herbst, 1797 ⇒ Neatus picipes
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pilipes Herbst, 1797
| | | | Species | Tenebrio planus Quensel, 1790 ⇒ Tenebroides mauritanicus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio plumosus Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pollens Casey, 1924 ⇒ Arthrodosis politus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio polychresta Forskl, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio polychrestus Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pomonae Scopoli, 1763 ⇒ Galeruca (Galeruca) pomonae
| | | | Species | Tenebrio porcatus Schaller, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio primigenius ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1879
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pterygodes Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio pubescens Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio punctatissimus Denisova, 1940
| | | | Species | Tenebrio punctatulus Fabricius, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio punctulatus Fabricius, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio purpurascens Herbst, 1799
| | | | Species | Tenebrio purpureus Herbst, 1799 ⇒ Parandra brunneus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio quadratus Herbst, 1797
| | | | Species | Tenebrio quisquilius Linnæus, 1761 ⇒ Crypticus (Crypticus) quisquilius quisquilius
| | | | Species | Tenebrio reticulatus De Geer, 1778
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rostratus Linnaeus, 1761 ⇒ Cychrus (Cychrus) caraboides caraboides
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rotundata Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rufa Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rufibarbis Schaller, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rufus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rugosa Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rugosostriatus Giebel, 1856
| | | | Species | Tenebrio rugosus Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sabulosa Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785 ⇒ Asida (Asida) sabulosa sabulosa
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sabulosus Fueßlin, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sanguinipes Fabricius, 1775 ⇒ Uloma (Uloma) sanguinipes
| | | | Species | Tenebrio scaraboides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio senex ♰ C. von Heyden, 1859
| | | | Species | Tenebrio serratus Fabricius, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio setipes Pallas, 1782
| | | | Species | Tenebrio setosus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio silphoides Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio spec Linnaeus, 1758
| | | | Species | Tenebrio spinimanus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio spinosa Linnaeus, 1764
| | | | Species | Tenebrio spinosus Linné, 1764
| | | | Species | Tenebrio spinosus, 1999, 0
| | | | Species | Tenebrio striata Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio striatulus Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio striatus Retzius, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio subaequalis Reitter, 1920
| | | | Species | Tenebrio subglobosa Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio subglobosus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio subvillosus Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sulcata Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sulcator Knoch, 1801
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sulcatus Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio sylphoides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio syriacus Zoufal, 1892
| | | | Species | Tenebrio talpa Mayer, 1779
| | | | Species | Tenebrio tenebrioides Beauvais, 1805
| | | | Species | Tenebrio testudinea Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio testudineus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio tibialis Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio torulosus Pallas, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio tristis Herbst, 1797
| | | | Species | Tenebrio trogosita Quensel, 1806
| | | | Species | Tenebrio uncinus Forster, 1771 ⇒ Scaurus uncinus
| | | | Species | Tenebrio variabilis Linné, 1767
| | | | Species | Tenebrio variegatum Fabricius, 1792
| | | | Species | Tenebrio variegatus Fabricius, 1781
| | | | Species | Tenebrio variolosus De Geer, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio velikensis Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
| | | | Species | Tenebrio ventricosus Scopoli, 1763
| | | | Species | Tenebrio villosa Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
| | | | Species | Tenebrio villosus De Geer, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio violaceus Thunberg, 1787
| | | | Species | Tenebrio viridis Sulzer, 1776
| | | | Species | Tenebrio vulgaris Forskål, 1775
| | | | Species | Tenebrio zairensis Ferrer, 1998
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Synonyms | Menedrio (Victor von Motschulsky, 1872) | | Tenebrionellus (George Robert Crotch, 1873) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Tenebrio | English | Indet. Mealworm Beetle, Mealworm beetles |
Distribution of Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758 Afghanistan
| Algeria
| Argentina
| Australia
2 Species | Austria
| Azerbaijan
| Belarus
| Belgium
| Brazil
| Bulgaria
| Canada
| Chad
| China
| Croatia
| Cyprus
| Czech Republic
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Denmark
| Egypt
| Estonia
| Finland
| France
| Georgia
| Germany
| Greece
| Guatemala
| Hungary
| India
| Indonesia
| Iran
| Iraq
| Ireland
| Israel
| Italy
| Jamaica
| Japan
| Latvia
| Libya
| Lithuania
| Luxembourg
| Mauritius
| Mexico
2 Species | Mongolia
| Morocco
| Netherlands
| New Zealand
| Norway
| Poland
| Portugal
| Republic South Africa
| Romania
| Russia
| Saudi Arabia
| Senegal
| Serbia
| Slovakia
| Slovenia
| South Korea
| Spain
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Syria
| Taiwan
| Thailand
| Tunisia
| Turkey
| Ukraine
| United Arab Emirates
| United Kingdom
| USA
4 Species |
Found in fossile formations Rott Formation
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