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Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
5757
13395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
522
5738
13355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5673
13247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
319
4508
10911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
85
1494
4086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
80
1327
3474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
41
832
2116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
11
148
386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
96
215
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Macaronesia
96 Genera with 215 Species
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Adelina Hesse, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Akis Herbst, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Allecula Fabricius, 1787
0SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Ammobius Guérin-Ménev..., 18461SpeciesTaxom
Ammodonus Mulsant & Rey, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Arthroconus Solier, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Arthrodeis Solier, 183811SpeciesTaxom
Asida Latreille, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Belopus Gebien, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Blaps Fabricius, 18484SpeciesTaxom
Boromorphus Wollaston, 18463SpeciesTaxom
Calyptopsis Solier, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Centorus Mulsant, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Cheirodes Géné, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Clitobius Mulsant & Rey, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Cnemeplatia Costa, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 2007Darkling beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Cossyphodes Westwood, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Cossyphus Scopoli, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Crypticus Latreille, 18646SpeciesTaxom
Cryptoglossa Solier, 0Death-feigning Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Cymatothes Dejean, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Diaperis Geoffroy, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Dilamus Jacquelin du..., 18831SpeciesTaxom
Edrotes LeConte, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Eleodes Eschscholtz, 1909Clown bug1SpeciesTaxom
Ellipsodes Wollaston, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Eusattus LeConte, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Falsocaedius Espa& 324;ol, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Gnathocerus Thunberg, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Gnatocerus Thunberg, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18117SpeciesTaxom
Gyriosomus Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Hadrus Wollaston, 18545SpeciesTaxom
Hegeter Latreille, 183524SpeciesTaxom
Hexagonocheilus Solier, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Hicetaon Champion, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Hylithus Guérin, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Hymenorus Mulsant, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Hypogena Dejean, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Latheticus Waterhouse, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Liodema Horn, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Lobopoda Solier, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Lorelus Sharp, 19934SpeciesTaxom
Loxostethus Triplehorn, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lyphia Mulsant & Rey, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Melanochrus Wollaston, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Melansis Wollaston, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Melasmana Strand, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Metoponium Casey, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmechixenus Chevrolat, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecodema Gebien, 1943
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecoxenus Agassiz, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neomida Mulsant, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Nesocyrtosoma Marcuzzi, 19946SpeciesTaxom
Nesotes Allard, 183841SpeciesTaxom
Nilio Latreille, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Oreomelasma Espa& 324;ol, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Oxycara Solier, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Oxycarops Edmund Reitter, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Paivaea Wollaston, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Parahymenorus Campbell, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Pelleas Bates, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Phaleria Latreille, 18646SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Phthora Dejean, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Phtora Germar, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Phymatestes Pascoe, 1867
0SpeciesTaxom
Pimelia Fabricius, 183815SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrascelis Solier, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoseriscius Espa& 324;ol, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotalpophila Reitter, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidandrus LeConte, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Scaurus Fabricius, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Scleron Hope, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Sclerum Dejean, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Scotobius Germar, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Sitophagus Mulsant, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Statira Audinet-Serv..., 19941SpeciesTaxom
Stenosis Herbst, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Strongylium Kirby, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1792Indet. Mealworm Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Tentyria Latreille, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Trachyscelis Latreille, 18092SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1781Flour beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Trientoma Solier, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Tyrtaeus Champion, 19945SpeciesTaxom
Uyttenboogaartia Koch, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Wattius Kaszab, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Xanthomus Mulsant, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Zophobas Dejean, 1834
Blind click-beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Zophosis Latreille, 18342SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
215 Species and 22 Subspecies
Adelina plana Fabricius, 1801Darkling beetle
Akis acuminata Fabricius, 1787
Akis elongata Brullé, 1832
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus Fabricius, 1781Black fungus beetle
Ammobius rufus Lucas, 1846
Ammodonus granosus Fall, 1912
Arthrodeis byrrhoides Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis costifrons Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis curtus Brullé, 1838
Arthrodeis emarginatus Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis geotrupoides Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis inflatus Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis malleatus Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis obesus Brullé, 1838
Arthrodeis punctulatus Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis subciliatus Wollaston, 1864
Arthrodeis subcostatus Brullé, 1838
Asida (Polasida) jurinei Solier, 1836
Belopus (Belopus) elongatus Herbst, 1797
Blaps alternans Brullé, 1838
Blaps gigas Linnaeus, 1767
Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802Darkling beetle
Blaps sinuatocollis Solier, 1848
Boromorphus maderae Wollaston, 1854
Boromorphus parvus Wollaston, 1864
Boromorphus tagenioides Lucas, 1846
Calyptopsis caraboides Brullé, 1832
Cheirodes brevicollis Wollaston, 1864
Cheirodes sardous Géné, 1839
Clitobius ovatus Erichson, 1843
Cnemeplatia laticeps Wollaston, 1857
Corticeus glaber LeConte, 1878
Corticeus pini Panzer, 1799
Corticeus tertiarius Vitali, 2007
Cossyphodes angolanus Basilewsky, 1952
Cossyphodes wollastonii Westwood, 1851
Cossyphus (Cossyphus) moniliferus Chevrolat, 1833
Crypticus fernandezi Español, 1954
Crypticus gomerensis Oromí, 1978
Crypticus minutus Brullé, 1838
Crypticus navicularis Brullé, 1838
Crypticus nitidulus Wollaston, 1865
Crypticus oblongulus Wollaston, 1864
Cryptoglossa seriata
Cymatothes dominicus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Diaperis maculatus Olivier, 1791Western mock orange
Dilamus planicollis Fairmaire, 1883
Eleodes neotomae Blaisdell, 1909
Ellipsodes glabrata Fabricius, 1792
Ellipsodes glabrata glabrata
Ellipsodes glabrata oblongior Wollaston, 1854
Eusattus laevis LeConte, 1866
Falsocaedius fossulatus Escalera, 1914
Gnathocerus (Echocerus) maxillosus (Fabricius, 1810)⇒ Gnatocerus maxillosus Fabricius, 1801
Gnathocerus (Gnathocerus) cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Gnatocerus cornutus Fabricius, 1798
Gnatocerus cornutus Fabricius, 1798Broad-horned Flour Beetle
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) affine Billberg, 1815
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) dilatatum Wollaston, 1854
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) merensi Uyttenboogaart, 1929
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) oblitum Wollaston, 1864
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) patruele Erichson, 1843
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) prolixum Erichson, 1843
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) rusticum A. G. Olivier, 1811
Hadrus alpinus Wollaston, 1854
Hadrus carbonarius Quensel, 1806
Hadrus carbonarius carbonarius
Hadrus carbonarius paivae Wollaston, 1860
Hadrus illotus Wollaston, 1854
Hegeter abbreviatus Brullé, 1838
Hegeter amaroides Solier, 1835
Hegeter brevicollis Brullé, 1838
Hegeter brevicornis Har. Lindberg, 1953
Hegeter costipennis Wollaston, 1864
Hegeter deyrollei Wollaston, 1864
Hegeter excisus Har. Lindberg, 1950
Hegeter fernandezi Español, 1957
Hegeter glaber Brullé, 1838
Hegeter gomerensis Wollaston, 1864
Hegeter gonzalezi Español, 1957
Hegeter grancanariensis Har. Lindberg, 1950
Hegeter impressus Brullé, 1838
Hegeter intercedens Har. Lindberg, 1950
Hegeter latebricola Wollaston, 1854
Hegeter lateralis Brullé, 1838
Hegeter pilicifrons Wollaston, 1964
Hegeter politus Heer, 1850
Hegeter proximus Har. Lindberg, 1950
Hegeter subrotundatus Wollaston, 1864
Hegeter tenuipunctatus Brullé, 1838
Hegeter transversus Brullé, 1838
Hegeter tristis Fabricius, 1792
Hegeter webbianus Heineken, 1835
Hicetaon frontalis Champion, 1885
Hymenorus campbelli Bouchard, 2018
Hypogena marginalis J. T. Doyen, 1994
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880Long-headed Flour Beetle
Liodema phalacroides J. T. Doyen, 1994
Lobopoda (Lobopoda) annosa J. T. Doyen, 1994
Lorelus angulatus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Lorelus foraminosus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Lorelus minutulis J. T. Doyen, 1994
Lorelus wolcotti Doyen, 1993
Loxostethus opacifrons
Lyphia angusta Lucas, 1849Darkling beetle
Melanochrus blairi Uyttenboogaart, 1929
Melanochrus lacordairei Wollaston, 1864
Melansis costata Brullé, 1838
Melansis kaszabi J. Ferrer, 1992
Melansis reyesi Gancia & Oromi, 2000
Melasmana lineata Brullé, 1838
Myrmechixenus vaporariorum Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Darkling beetle
Myrmecoxenus picinus Aubé, 1850
Neomida senicula J. T. Doyen, 1994
Nesocyrtosoma celadonum J. T. Doyen, 1994
Nesocyrtosoma hadratum J. T. Doyen, 1994
Nesocyrtosoma impensum J. T. Doyen, 1994
Nesocyrtosoma merkli Marcuzzi, 1999
Nesocyrtosoma otus Hopp & Ivie, 2009
Nesocyrtosoma phthanatum J. T. Doyen, 1994
Nesotes aethiops Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes altivagans Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes arboricola Wollaston, 1862
Nesotes asper Kuster, 1850
Nesotes asper maderensis Cockerell, 1923
Nesotes aterrima Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes azorica Crotch, 1867
Nesotes azoricus Crotch, 1867Darkling Beetle
Nesotes confertus Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes confertus colasi Ardoin, 1960
Nesotes confertus confertus
Nesotes conformis Gemminger, 1870
Nesotes congesta Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes congregatus Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes elliptipennis Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes fuscula Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes futilis Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes gagatinus Kuster, 1850
Nesotes gomerensis Wollaston, 1965
Nesotes graniger Kuster, 1850
Nesotes helleri Reitter, 1922
Nesotes infernus Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes infernus infernus
Nesotes infernus wollastoni Ardoin, 1960
Nesotes leacoccianus Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes lindbergi Español, 1962
Nesotes lucifugus Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes lucifugus lucifugus
Nesotes lucifugus maritimus Cockerell, 1923
Nesotes marseuli Wollaston, 1865
Nesotes monodi Alluaud, 1935
Nesotes nigroaeneus Kuster, 1850
Nesotes obliteratus Wollaston, 1871
Nesotes picescens Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes piliger Har. Lindberg, 1953
Nesotes porrecta Wollaston, 1864
Nesotes portosanctanus Wollaston, 1854
Nesotes quadrata Brullé, 1838
Nesotes subdepressus Wollaston, 1857
Nesotes tenuipunctata Lindberg, 1950
Nesotes transversa Brullé, 1838
Nilio dominicana Poinar & Brown, 2011
Oreomelasma oromii Español, 1975
Oxycara cribratum Wollaston, T.V., 1867
Oxycarops fuscipes Brullé, 1838
Paivaea hispida Brullé, 1838
Palorus euphorbiae Wollaston, 1862
Palorus ratzeburgi Wissmann, 1848Small-eyed flour beetle
Palorus subdepressus Wollaston, 1864Depressed flour beetle
Pelleas crotchi Wollaston, 1865
Phaleria (Phaleria) bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Phaleria atlantica Fauvel, 1899
Phaleria cadaverina Fabricius, 1792
Phaleria cadaverina cadaverina Fabricius, 1792
Phaleria ciliata Wollaston, 1854
Phaleria ornata (Wollaston, 1864)⇒ Trachypholis ornata Grouvelle, 1911
Phanerotoma (Bracotritoma) maculata Wollaston, 1858
Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894Braconid wasp
Phanerotoma flavitestacea (Fischer, 1959)⇒ Phanerotoma leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894
Phanerotoma uniformis Brues, 1926
Phthora angusta Wollaston, 1861
Phtora reitteri Seidlitz, 1894
Pimelia (Aphanaspis) estevezi Oromí, 1990
Pimelia (Aphanaspis) fernandezlopezi Machado, 1979
Pimelia (Aphanaspis) granulicollis Wollaston, 1864
Pimelia (Pimelia) ascendens Wollaston, 1864
Pimelia (Pimelia) canariensis Brullé, 1838
Pimelia (Pimelia) laevigata Brullé, 1838
Pimelia laevigata costipennis Wollaston, 1864
Pimelia laevigata laevigata Brullé, 1838
Pimelia laevigata validipes Wollaston, 1864
Pimelia (Pimelia) lutaria Brullé, 1838
Pimelia radula oromii Violas, 1994
Pimelia radula radula Solier, 1836
Pimelia sparsa albohumeralis Lindberg, 1950
Pimelia sparsa serrimargo Wollaston, 1864
Pimelia sparsa sparsa Brullé, 1838
Platydema antennata Laporte, 0
Pseudoseriscius fonti Escalera, 1923
Rhipidandrus quadripapillatus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Scaurus punctatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Scaurus uncinus Forster, 1771
Scaurus uncinus Forster, 1771
Scleron asperulum Wollaston, 1864
Scleron ferrugineum Fabricius, 1801
Sclerum armatum Waltl, 1835
Scotobius rugosulus Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Sitophagus hololeptoides Laporte, 1840
Statira dermoidea J. T. Doyen, 1994
Stenosis canariensis Franz, 1990
Strongylium auratum Castelnau, 1840
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) molitor Linnaeus, 1758Hardback Beetle
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) obscurus Fabricius, 1792Dark mealworm
Tenebrio cadaverinus Fabricius, 1792
Tentyria interrupta Latreille, 1807
Tentyria platyceps Steven, 1829
Trachyscelis aphodioides Latreille, 1809
Trachyscelis aphodioides aphodioides Latreille, 1809
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du..., 1863Confused flour beetle
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Tribolium destructor Uyttenboogaart, 1933Dark flour beetle
Tribolium ferrugineum (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Tribolium castaneum Herbst, 1797
Trientoma nascens J. T. Doyen, 1994
Tyrtaeus azureus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Tyrtaeus cupreorutilans Vitali, 2008
Tyrtaeus elongatus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Tyrtaeus flavoantennatus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Tyrtaeus thoracicus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Uyttenboogaartia cribricollis Brullé, 1838
Uyttenboogaartia inaequalis Wollaston, 1864
Uyttenboogaartia punctipennis Wollaston, 1864
Wattius reflexus J. T. Doyen, 1994
Xanthomus pallidus Curtis, 1830
Xanthomus pellucidus Mulsant & Rey, 1856
Zophosis bicarinata Solier, 1834
Zophosis bicarinata bicarinata Solier, 1834

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in Macaronesia
SubfamilyAlleculinae
Laporte, 1840
Comb-clawed beetles
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
19
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
6
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNilioninae
Oken, 1843
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
29
69
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenochiinae
Kirby, 1837
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
32
90
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