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Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
63
1270
4184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
57
1029
3105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
29
466
1085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
10
67
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
24
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
24 Genera with 30 Species
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Adesmia Fischer von ..., 1822
0SpeciesTaxom
Arturium Koch, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Brachyphrynus Léon Fairmaire, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Cheirodes Géné, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Cryphaeus Klug, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Eucolus Mulsant & Rey, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Eutochia LeConte, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18013SpeciesTaxom
Imatismus Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Melanolophus Fairmaire, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Mesomorphus Seidlitz, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Micrantereus Solier, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Paramellon Waterhouse, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Phrynophanes Carl Koch, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Pimelia Fabricius, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Psammophanes Lesne, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Rytinota Johann Fried..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Sepidium Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Sternocera Eschscholtz, 18746SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1933Flour beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Vieta Laporte de C..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Vietomorpha Fairmaire, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Zophosis Latreille, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
30 Species and 5 Subspecies
Arturium absciri Koch, 1959
Brachyphrynus abyssinicus Haag-Rutenberg, 1871
Brachyphrynus gallanus Wilke, 1921
Brachyphrynus somalicus Wilke, 1921
Cheirodes sardous Géné, 1839
Cryphaeus taurus Fabricius, 1801
Eutochia pulla Erichson, 1843
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) obscurum Küster, 1849
Gonocephalum obscurum aethiops Ferrer, 1993
Gonocephalum simplex Fabricius, 1801Common ground beetle
Melanolophus gridellii Koch, 1956
Melanolophus lomianus Koch, 1956
Melanolophus sexcostatus gibbithorax Koch, 1956
Mesomorphus globosus Kaszab, 1963
Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894Braconid wasp
Phanerotoma pygmaea Szépligeti, 1913
Phrynophanes humilis Wilke, 1921
Phrynophanes lateritius Wilke, 1921
Phrynophanes neumanni Wilke, 1921
Pimelia (Pimelia) grandis Klug, 1830
Psammophanes catenatus Reiche, 1850
Psammophanes duodecimcostatus Lesne, 1922
Psammophanes plicatoides Koch, 1953
Psammophanes rubrolineatus Lesne, 1922
Sternocera castanea Olivier, 1790
Sternocera castanea boucardii Saunders, 1874
Sternocera castanea castanea Oliver, 1790
Sternocera hildebrandti Harold, 1878
Sternocera syriaca Saunders, 1874
Sternocera syriaca syriaca Saunders, 1874
Tribolium destructor Uyttenboogaart, 1933Dark flour beetle
Vieta borana Gridelli, 1939
Vietomorpha abyssinica Mal, 1986
Vietomorpha foveipennis Fairmaire, 1887

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
12
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
8
7
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