Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 234
3464
10323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 55
803
1784 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
684
1481 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
| 24
342
606 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles | 6
27
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms | 15
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nigeria
15 Genera with 9 Species Adesmia Fischer von ..., 1822 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Alphitobius Stephens, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Chiroscelis Lamarck, 1804 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Gonocephalum Solier, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Hoplonyx Thomson, 1858 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Metallonotus Westwood, 1845 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Odontopezus Alluaud, 1889 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Palorus Mulsant, 1930 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phanerotoma Wesmael, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phrynocolus Lacordaire, 1951 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Sclerum Dejean, 1834 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sternocera Eschscholtz, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Strongylium Kirby, 1819 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Taraxides Waterhouse, 1876 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Tribolium MacLeay, 1825 | Flour beetles | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
9 Species and 2 Subspecies | Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797 | Leser Mealworm Beetle | | Alphitobius laevigatus Fabricius, 1781 | Black fungus beetle | | Gonocephalum simplex Fabricius, 1801 | Common ground beetle | | Palorus ficicola Wollaston, 1867 | | | Palorus foveicollis Blair, 1930 | Darkling beetle | | Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894 | Braconid wasp | | Phrynocolus spinolai Solier, 1843 | | | Phrynocolus spinolai wilkei Koch, 1951 | | | Sternocera castanea castanea Oliver, 1790 | | | Sternocera klugii Thomson, 1859 | |
Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in Nigeria
 | | 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
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