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Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
78
1509
6505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
71
1262
5308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
39
690
2576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
12
61
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
21
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
21 Genera with 17 Species
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Achthosus Pascoe, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Amarygmus Dalman, 17772SpeciesTaxom
Bradymerus Perroud & Mo..., 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropria Castelnau & ..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Chariotheca Pascoe, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Diaperis Geoffroy, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Eleodes Eschscholtz, 1824Clown bug1SpeciesTaxom
Espites Pascoe, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Hoplonyx Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Lagria Fabricius, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Leiochrodes Westwood, 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Leprocaulinus Uvarov, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Lorelus Sharp, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Mychestes Pascoe, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Neotheca Carter, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Orcopagia Pascoe, 01SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Promethis Pascoe, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Scotoderus Perroud, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Strongylium Kirby, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Tyrtaeus Champion, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
17 Species and 2 Subspecies
Achthosus vanheurni Gebien, 1935
Amarygmus aeger Blackburn, 1893
Amarygmus morio Fabricius, 1777
Chariotheca planicollis Fairmaire, 1849
Diaperis maculatus Olivier, 1791Western mock orange
Eleodes tricostata Say, 1824
Espites basalis Pascoe, 1882
Lagria gressitti Merkl, 1988
Lagria lata Fabricius, 1801
Leprocaulinus insularis verrucifer Günther, 1935
Leprocaulinus vipera Kaup, 1871
Leprocaulinus vipera bituber Sharp, 1898
Neotheca fusca Carter, 1930
Orcopagia angustata
Promethis sulcigera Boisduval, 1835
Scotoderus torridus Carter, 1911
Scotoderus ulomoides (Kaszab, 1973)⇒ Scotoderus torridus Carter, 1911
Tyrtaeus rufus Champion, 1913

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyCoelometopinae
Lacordaire, 1859
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
4
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenochiinae
Kirby, 1837
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
7
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