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Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
16363
78101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
996
16356
78088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
922
16029
77370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
11801
60222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
160
4514
27995
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
131
3823
22196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
67
1993
7968
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
23
266
620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
102
178
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
102 Genera with 178 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPSTU
Accanthopus Dejean, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Agnaptoria Reitter, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Agnathus Germar, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Allecula Fabricius, 19893SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Alphitophagus Stephens, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Alphitopsis Kirejtshuk &..., 20111SpeciesTaxom
Amarygmus Dalman, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Asida Latreille, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Asidoblaps Fairmaire, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Bius Mulsant, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Blaps Fabricius, 17613SpeciesTaxom
Blapstinus Sturm, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Bobina1SpeciesTaxom
Bolitophagus Illiger, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Borbonalia Novak, 20146SpeciesTaxom
Calcarocistela Nabozhenko, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Camaria Audinet-Serv..., 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Campsiomorpha Pic, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerogria Borchmann, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Ceropria Castelnau & ..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Cistelites Heer, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Cistelomorpha Redtenbacher, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Colposcelis Lacordaire, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1783Darkling beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Cretaceites Wang, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Crypticus Latreille, 17601SpeciesTaxom
Cteniopinus Seidlitz, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Cteniopus Solier, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dendarus Latreille, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Derispia Lewis, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Derosphaerus Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Diaclina Jacquelin du..., 17991SpeciesTaxom
Diaperis Geoffroy, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Dicraeosis Gebien, 01SpeciesTaxom
Diphyrrhynchus Fairmaire, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Dissonomus Jacquelin Du..., 19661SpeciesTaxom
Eledona Latreille, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Falsoxanthalia Pic, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Foochounus Pic, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Gnatocerus Thunberg, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18153SpeciesTaxom
Gonodera Mulsant, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Helops Fabricius, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Hemicera Laporte & Br..., 19811SpeciesTaxom
Heterotarsus Latreille, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Hymenalia Mulsant, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Hymenophorus Mulsant, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Hypolaenopsis Masumoto, 2001
0SpeciesTaxom
Indenicmosoma Ardoin, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Isomira Mulsant, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Isopteron Hope, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Itagonia Reitter, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 199615SpeciesTaxom
Lagria Fabricius, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Lamprocrypticus Espa& 324;ol, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Leichenum Dejean, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Luprops Hope, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Melanimon Steven, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Menephilus Mulsant, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Mimoborchmania Merkl & Chen, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Misolampidius Solsky, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Morphostenophanes Maurice Pic, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Mycetochara Berthold, 17923SpeciesTaxom
Myrmechixenus Chevrolat, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Nalassus Mulsant, 17774SpeciesTaxom
Neatus LeConte, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Notocorax Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Nygmatius Hong, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Omophlus Dejean, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Oodescelis Motschulsky, 187810SpeciesTaxom
Opatrum Fabricius, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Paramisolampidius Nakane, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Pentaphyllus Dejean, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Penthicus Faldermann, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Phaleria Latreille, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Pimelia Fabricius, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Plamius Fairmaire, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Platycrepis Lacordaire, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Platycteniopus Chang & al., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 17902SpeciesTaxom
Platyscelis Latreille, 194014SpeciesTaxom
Plesiophthalmus Motschoulsky, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Prionychus Solier, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Prolaena Kaszab, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Promethis Pascoe, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Prosodes Eschscholtz, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocistela Croctch, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pterocoma Solier, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Sinocistela Zhang, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Sinocoris Hong, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Stenomax Allard, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Sternocera Eschscholtz, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Sternoplax Frivaldsky, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Strongylium Kirby, 19985SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758Indet. Mealworm Beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Tentyria Latreille, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Tretothorax Lea, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1933Flour beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Uloma Dejean, 17832SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
178 Species and 1 Subspecies
Accanthopus velikensis Piller & Mit..., 1783
Agnathus decoratus Germar, 1818
Agnathus secundus Jelínek & Ku..., 2009
Allecula (Allecula) morio Fabricius, 1787
Allecula (Allecula) rhenana Bach, 1856
Allecula austriaca J. F. Zhang, 1989
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitophagus bifasciatus Say, 1824Darkling beetle
Alphitopsis initialis A. G. Kirejt..., 2011
Asida (Asida) sabulosa Fuessly, 1775
Bius thoracicus Fabricius, 1792
Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802Darkling beetle
Blaps mortisaga Linnaeus, 1761
Blaps mucronata Linnaeus, 1761Cellar beetle
Blapstinus metallicus Fabricius, 1801
Bobina cuspidenta Li & Ren, 2019
Bolitophagus reticulatus Linnaeus, 1767
Borbonalia brancuccii Novak, 2014
Borbonalia jizuica Novak, 2014
Borbonalia murzini Novak, 2014
Borbonalia schneideri Novak, 2014
Borbonalia tibetica Novak, 2014
Borbonalia wrasei Novak, 2014
Calcarocistela kirejtshuki Nabozhenko, 2015
Cerogria chinensis Fairmaire, 1886
Cistelites insignis O. Heer, 1865
Cistelites longipes Hong, 1985
Cistelomorpha obscuriceps Pic, 1909
Corticeus bicolor Olivier, 1790
Corticeus bicoloroides Roubal, 1933
Corticeus fasciatus Fabricius, 1790
Corticeus fraxini Kugelann, 1794
Corticeus linearis Fabricius, 1790
Corticeus longulus Gyllenhal, 1827
Corticeus pini Panzer, 1799
Corticeus unicolor Piller & Mit..., 1783
Cretaceites jingxiensis Wang, 1998
Crypticus (Crypticus) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1760
Cteniopus (Cteniopus) sulphureus Linnaeus, 1758Sulphur Beetle
Dendarus coarcticollis Mulsant, 1854
Diaclina fagi Panzer, 1799
Diaperis lewisi Gebien, 1913
Diaperis maculatus Olivier, 1791Western mock orange
Dicraeosis carinatus
Dissonomus desertus Skopin, 1966
Eledona agricola Herbst, 1783
Falsoxanthalia bicoloripes Pic, 1934
Foochounus sulcatus Kaszab, 1941
Gnatocerus cornutus Fabricius, 1798Broad-horned Flour Beetle
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) coriaceum Motschulsky, 1857
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) pygmaeum Steven, 1829
Gonocephalum affinis Billberg, 1815
Gonodera luperus Herbst, 1783
Gonodera metallica Kuster, 1850
Helops molassicus Heer, 1883
Hemicera kurosawai Masumoto, 1981
Heterotarsus carinula Marseul, 1876
Hymenalia rufipes Fabricius, 1792
Hymenophorus doublieri (Mulsant, 1846)⇒ Hymenorus doublieri Mulsant, 1851
Indenicmosoma indochinense Kaszab, 1940
Isomira (Heteromira) costessii Bertolini, 1868
Isomira (Isomira) hypocrita Mulsant, 1856
Isomira (Isomira) marcida Kiesenwetter, 1863
Isomira (Isomira) murina (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Thriptera murina Baudi di Selve, 1881
Isomira (Isomira) semiflava (Küster, 1852)⇒ Mordellistena semiferruginea Reitter, 1911
Isomira (Isomira) testacea Seidlitz, 1896
Isopteron aversum Pascoe, 1869
Itagonia cordiformis Shi & Ren, 2007
Laena angulifemoralis Masumoto, 1996
Laena emeishana Masumoto, 1996
Laena fengileana Masumoto, 1996
Laena hongkongica Schawaller &..., 2017
Laena imurai (Masumoto, 1996)⇒ Laena bifoveolata Reitter, 1889
Laena jizushana Masumoto, 1996
Laena luprops Kaszab, 1973
Laena ovipennis Schuster, 1926
Laena shaanxiica (Masumoto, 1996)⇒ Laena bifoveolata Reitter, 1889
Laena tumidoculata (Masumoto, 1996)⇒ Laena daliensis Masumoto & Yin, 1994
Laena walkeri Schawaller &..., 2017
Laena xuerenensis Masumoto, 1996
Laena yasuakii Masumoto, 1996
Laena youcida (Masumoto, 1996)⇒ Crypticus yosiii Nakane, 1966
Laena yufengsi Masumoto, 1996
Lagria (Lagria) atripes Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Lagria (Lagria) hirta Linnaeus, 1758
Lagria nigricornis (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Aplocnemus nigricornis nigricornis Fabricius, 1792
Lagria rugosula Rosenhauer, 1856
Lamprocrypticus (Lamprocrypticus) alpinus Comolli, 1837
Leichenum pictum Fabricius, 1801
Luprops orientalis Motschulsky, 1868
Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Melanimon tibiale Fabricius, 1781
Menephilus cylindricus Herbst, 1784
Mimoborchmania yangi Merkl & Chen, 1997
Mycetochara (Ernocharis) humeralis Fabricius, 1787
Mycetochara (Ernocharis) quadrimaculata Latreille, 1804
Mycetochara maura Fabricius, 1792
Myrmechixenus picinus Aubé, 1850
Myrmechixenus subterraneus Chevrolat, 1835
Myrmechixenus vaporariorum Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Darkling beetle
Nalassus convexus (Küster, 1850)⇒ Erodius convexus Grimm & Lillig, 2000
Nalassus dryadophilus Mulsant, 1854
Nalassus ecoffeti Küster, 1850
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Goeze, 1777
Neatus picipes Herbst, 1797
Nygmatius beipiaoensis Y. C. Hong, 1983
Omophlus (Odontomophlus) lepturoides Fabricius, 1787
Omophlus (Omophlus) rugosicollis Brullé, 1832
Omophlus pubescens (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Arunogria pubescens O. Merkl, 1991
Oodescelis acutanguloides Kaszab, 1940
Oodescelis affinis Seidlitz, 1893
Oodescelis kansouensis Kaszab, 1940
Oodescelis lii Bai, Li & Ren, 2019
Oodescelis oblonga Ballion, 1878
Oodescelis ovalis Ballion, 1878
Oodescelis pseudotibialis Skopin, 1973
Oodescelis similis Kaszab, 1938
Oodescelis subattenuata L. V. Egorov, 1991
Oodescelis tibialis Ballion, 1878
Opatrum (Opatrum) sabulosum Linnaeus, 1758
Opatrum riparium Gerhardt, 1896
Palorus depressus Fabricius, 1790
Paramisolampidius kinugasai Masumoto, 1967
Pentaphyllus testaceus Hellwig, 1792
Penthicus dschungaricus Kaszab, 1967
Phaleria provincialis cypria Grimm, 1991
Phanerotoma formosana Rohwer, 1934
Pimelia (Chaetotoma) dubia Faldermann, 1837
Plamius quadrinotatus Pic, 1925
Platycrepis yangi Masumoto, 1986
Platycteniopus diversoculatus Chang & al., 2016
Platydema endoi Masumoto, 1984
Platydema violaceum Fabricius, 1790
Platyscelis acutipenis Bai & Ren, 2019
Platyscelis amdoensis L. V. Egorov, 1989
Platyscelis bogatshevi L. V. Egorov, 1989
Platyscelis brevis Baudi di Selve, 1876
Platyscelis confusa Schuster, 1934
Platyscelis densipunctata Bai & Ren, 2019
Platyscelis freyi Kaszab, 1940
Platyscelis gebieni Schuster, 1915
Platyscelis helanensis Bai & Ren, 2019
Platyscelis licenti Kaszab, 1940
Platyscelis ovata Ballion, 1878
Platyscelis striata Motschulsky, 1859
Platyscelis subcordata Seidlitz, 1893
Platyscelis suiyuana Kaszab, 1940
Plesiophthalmus spectabilis Harold, 1875
Prionychus ater (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Calydus ater Kaszab, 1960
Prionychus melanarius Germar, 1813
Prolaena parva Xu & al., 1979
Promethis valgipes Chujo, 1981
Prosodes gnaptorina (Reitter, 1909)⇒ Probaticus glyptus Antoine, 1949
Pseudocistela ceramboides Linnaeus, 1758
Sinocistela gymnoelytra J. F. Zhang, 1989
Sinocistela siphla J. F. Zhang, 1989
Sinocoris oblonga Y. C. Hong, 1983
Sinocoris ovata Y. C. Hong, 1983
Stenomax (Stenomax) aeneus Scopoli, 1763
Sternocera aequisignata E. Saunders, 1866
Sternocera chrysis Fabricius, 1775
Strongylium cultellatum Mäklin, 1867Darkling beetle
Strongylium erythrocephalum Fabricius, 1801
Strongylium klapperichi Kaszab, 1957
Strongylium tabanai Masumoto, 1998
Strongylium tanikadoi Masumoto, 1998
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) molitor Linnaeus, 1758Hardback Beetle
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) obscurus Fabricius, 1792Dark mealworm
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) opacus Duftschmid, 1812
Tenebrio caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Helops caeruleus caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758
Tenebrio culinaris (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Uloma culinaris Linnaeus, 1758
Tentyria leptidea (Fairmaire, 1879)⇒ Pachyscelis leprosa Faldermann, 1837
Tretothorax cleistostoma Lea, 1911
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du..., 1863Confused flour beetle
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Tribolium (Tribolium) madens Charpentier, 1825Black flour beetle
Tribolium destructor Uyttenboogaart, 1933Dark flour beetle
Uloma meifengensis Masumoto, 1982
Uloma rufa Piller & Mit..., 1783

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in China
SubfamilyAlleculinae
Laporte, 1840
Comb-clawed beetles
12
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoelometopinae
Lacordaire, 1859
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
12
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
10
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
9
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenochiinae
Kirby, 1837
7
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
40
71
Genera
Species

Taxom



Tenebrionidae (Latreille 1802)
Tenebrionidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Tenebrionidae at artfakta.se
Tenebrionidae at dyntaxa.se
Tenebrionidae at gbif.org
Tenebrionidae at irmng.org
Tenebrionidae at itis.gov
Tenebrionidae at marinespecies.org