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Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region South Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
462
4268
10566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
461
4265
10563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
440
4192
10451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
278
3060
8318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
82
1145
3824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
74
973
3209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
43
578
1707
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
16
115
310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
72
191
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Australia
72 Genera with 191 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPSTU
Adelina Hesse, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Adelium Kirby, 190616SpeciesTaxom
Aethyssius Pascoe, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Agasthenes Bates, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Amarygmus Dalman, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Apasis Pascoe, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Archaeoglenes Broun, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Bassianus Matthews & D..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Blaps Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Blepegenes Pascoe, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Boreosaragus Matthews, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Brises Pascoe, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Brycopia Pascoe, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Byallius Pascoe, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Caediomorpha Blackburn, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Caedius Blanchard, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Cardiothorax Motschulsky, 19204SpeciesTaxom
Celibe Boisduval, 188810SpeciesTaxom
Chalcopteroides Strand, 189211SpeciesTaxom
Cheirodes Géné, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Cillibus Matthews, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Coripera Pascoe, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1921Darkling beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Csiro Medvedev & L..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Cyphaleus Westwood, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Diphyrrhynchus Fairmaire, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Ecnolagria Borchmann, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Emcephalus Kirby, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Encara Gemminger, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Exangeltus Blackburn, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Gnatocerus Thunberg, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Helea Latreille, 191717SpeciesTaxom
Heterocheira Lacordaire, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Homotrysis Pascoe, 19335SpeciesTaxom
Hyocis Pascoe, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Hypaulax Bates, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Isopteron Hope, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Latheticus Waterhouse, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Leptogastrus MacLeay, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lepturidea Fauvel, 18355SpeciesTaxom
Licinoma Pascoe, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Melaps Carter, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Meneristes Pascoe, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Mesomorphus Seidlitz, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Metistete Pascoe, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Nocar Blackburn, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Notocistela Carter, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Nyctozoilus Guérin-Ménev..., 187811SpeciesTaxom
Omolipus Pascoe, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Oncopterus Léon Fairmaire, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Platyphanes Westwood, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Promethis Pascoe, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Prophanes Westwood, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Pterohelaeus Brême, 191414SpeciesTaxom
Saragus Erichson, 19117SpeciesTaxom
Scaletomerus Blackburn, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Scleropatroides Löbl & Merkl, 2003
0SpeciesTaxom
Scymena Pascoe, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Seirotrana Pascoe, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Simarus Borchmann, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Tanychilus Newman, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1792Indet. Mealworm Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Toxicum Latreille, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Trachyscelis Latreille, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1797Flour beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Trichosaragus Blackburn, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Ulomoides Blackburn, 18433SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Australia
191 Species
Adelina sericesthis Weiser & Beard, 1959
Adelium abbreviatum Boisduval, 1835False wireworm
Adelium alpicola Blackburn, 1892
Adelium angulicolle Castelnau, 1840
Adelium brevicorne Blessig, 1861Bronzed field beetle
Adelium calosomoides Kirby, 1818
Adelium cheesmani Carter, 1909
Adelium comatum Carter, 1920
Adelium flavicorne Carter, 1913
Adelium heterodoxum Lea, 1898
Adelium inconspicuum Blackburn, 1892
Adelium lindense Blackburn, 1892
Adelium negligens Gebien, 1908
Adelium occidentale Blackburn, 1890
Adelium similatum Germar, 1848
Adelium sloanei Carter, 1909
Adelium taylori Carter, 1906
Aethyssius opacicollis Carter, 1915
Aethyssius viridis Boisduval, 1835
Agasthenes championi Carter, 1910
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus Fabricius, 1781Black fungus beetle
Amarygmus metalliceps Carter, 1921
Apasis puncticeps Lea, 1896
Archaeoglenes australis Lawrence, 1979
Bassianus rectibasis Carter, 1914
Blaps polychresta Forskal, 1775Egyptian beetle
Blepegenes cicatricosus Neboiss, 1962
Boreosaragus confirmatus Pascoe, 1870
Boreosaragus tricarinatus Blackburn, 1892
Brises acuticornis Pascoe, 1869
Brises blairi Carter, 1914
Brises parvicollis Blackburn, 1895
Brises trachynotoides Pascoe, 1869
Brycopia angulata Carter, 1914
Brycopia barossae Carter, 1936
Brycopia minuta Lea, 1898
Brycopia pilosella Pascoe, 1869
Byallius angustatus Carter, 1925
Byallius oberonius Carter, 1933
Byallius punctatus Carter, 1919
Caediomorpha heteromera King, 1869
Caedius sphaeroides Hope, 1843
Cardiothorax australis Carter, 1906
Cardiothorax behri Germar, 1848
Cardiothorax monarensis Carter, 1932
Cardiothorax undulaticostis Carter, 1920
Celibe asperipes Pascoe, 1870
Celibe australis Boisduval, 1835
Celibe brunnipes Boisduval, 1835
Celibe carinata Brême, 1842
Celibe emarginata Guérin-Ménev..., 1830
Celibe interrupta Boisduval, 1835
Celibe laevis MacLeay, 1888
Celibe oleata Carter, 1922
Celibe posidonia Carter, 1922
Celibe satelles Blackburn, 1888
Chalcopteroides clypealis Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides columbinus Boisduval, 1835
Chalcopteroides cyaniventris Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides eyrensis Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides interioris Blackburn, 1890
Chalcopteroides iridiventris Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides lepidus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides polychromus Pascoe, 1869
Chalcopteroides purpureus Germar, 1848
Chalcopteroides spectabilis Castelnau & ..., 1831
Chalcopteroides versicolor Blackburn, 1892
Cheirodes sardous Géné, 1839
Cillibus blackburni MacLeay, 1888
Cillibus convexicollis MacLeay, 1888
Coripera geminata Lea, 1898
Corticeus ulomoides Blair, 1921
Csiro (Csiro) subparallela Champion, 1894
Cyphaleus blackburni Carter, 1913
Ecnolagria grandis Gyllenhal, 1817Brown Darkling Beetle
Emcephalus nigrus Carter, 1905
Encara nigrum (Carter, 1905)⇒ Emcephalus nigrus Carter, 1905
Exangeltus gracilior Blackburn, 1903
Gnatocerus cornutus Fabricius, 1798Broad-horned Flour Beetle
Gonocephalum adelaidae Blackburn, 1894
Gonocephalum cowardense Blackburn, 1894
Gonocephalum misellum Blackburn, 1907False wireworm
Helea browni Kirby, 1818
Helea castor Pascoe, 1866
Helea colossa Brême, 1842
Helea conjuncta Lea, 1917
Helea derbyensis MacLeay, 1888
Helea haagi Dohrn, 1881
Helea ingens Blackburn, 1892
Helea intermedia Brême, 1842
Helea lubrica Blackburn, 1892
Helea modica Blackburn, 1899
Helea monilifera Pascoe, 1866
Helea pallida MacLeay, 1888
Helea perroni Boisduval, 1835
Helea princeps Hope, 1848
Helea squamosa Pascoe, 1869
Helea subpustulosa Carter, 1937
Helea waitei Lea, 1917Pie-dish beetle
Heterocheira australis Boisduval, 1835
Homotrysis carbonaria Germar, 1848
Homotrysis fusca Blackburn, 1891
Homotrysis regularis MacLeay, 1872
Homotrysis rufa Blackburn, 1891
Homotrysis sexualis Carter, 1933
Hyocis (Hyocis) bakewelli Pascoe, 1866
Hypaulax orcus Pascoe, 1866Darkling Beetle
Isopteron aversum Pascoe, 1869
Isopteron breve Champion, 1894
Isopteron championi Blackburn, 1894
Isopteron subcostatum Carter, 1921
Laena cardiothorax Kaszab, 1978
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880Long-headed Flour Beetle
Leptogastrus hirsutus Carter, 1906
Lepturidea brevicornis Bates, 1868
Lepturidea cylindrica Germar, 1848
Lepturidea opacicollis Carter, 1915
Lepturidea unicolor Bates, 1868
Lepturidea viridis Boisduval, 1835
Licinoma meridiana Carter, 1920
Licinoma monticola Blackburn, 1892
Melaps dentipes Carter, 1920
Melaps glaber Carter, 1920
Melaps pilosus Carter, 1915
Meneristes australis Boisduval, 1835
Mesomorphus darlingensis Blackburn, 1894
Mesomorphus longicornis Blackburn, 1892
Metistete arida Blackburn, 1895
Metistete kershawi Carter, 1920
Metistete omophloides Hope, 1843
Nocar depressiusculus MacLeay, 1872
Notocistela dispar Carter, 1922
Nyctozoilus acuticollis Carter, 1911
Nyctozoilus approximatus Blackburn, 1896
Nyctozoilus bos Carter, 1911
Nyctozoilus hackeri Carter, 1930
Nyctozoilus laetus Blackburn, 1890
Nyctozoilus obesus Guérin-Ménev..., 1830
Nyctozoilus ooldensis Carter, 1918
Nyctozoilus opacus Bates, 1872
Nyctozoilus pustulatus Carter, 1937
Nyctozoilus stepheni Carter, 1909
Nyctozoilus vagepunctatus Haag-Rutenberg, 1878
Oncopterus acantholophus Fairmaire, 1887
Palorus ratzeburgi Wissmann, 1848Small-eyed flour beetle
Palorus subdepressus Wollaston, 1864Depressed flour beetle
Platydema aries Pascoe, 1869
Platyphanes chalcopteroides Carter, 1913
Promethis angulata Erichson, 1842
Promethis nigra Blessig, 1861
Prophanes simplex Westwood, 1849
Pterohelaeus depressiusculus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus dispersus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus gracilicornis Blackburn, 1907
Pterohelaeus granulatus Germar, 1848Pie Dish Beetle
Pterohelaeus guerini Brême, 1842
Pterohelaeus nitidissimus Pascoe, 1869
Pterohelaeus orbicularis Carter, 1937
Pterohelaeus piceus Kirby, 1818
Pterohelaeus planus Blessig, 1861
Pterohelaeus pusillus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus Boisduval, 1835
Pterohelaeus thymaloides MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus tristis Germar, 1848
Pterohelaeus vestitus Carter, 1914
Saragus catenulatus MacLeay, 1888
Saragus costatus Solier, 1848
Saragus frenchi Carter, 1910
Saragus latus Blackburn, 1888
Saragus levicostatus MacLeay, 1888
Saragus pascoei MacLeay, 1888
Saragus sphaeroides Carter, 1911
Scymena amphibia Pascoe, 1870
Seirotrana monticola Blackburn, 1892
Seirotrana parallela Germar, 1848
Seirotrana proxima Pascoe, 1869
Seirotrana simplex Blackburn, 1892
Simarus elongatus Carter, 1915
Tanychilus gouldi Hope, 1843
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) molitor Linnaeus, 1758Hardback Beetle
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) obscurus Fabricius, 1792Dark mealworm
Toxicum brevicorne Pascoe, 1866
Toxicum insigne Carter, 1914
Trachyscelis ciliaris Champion, 1893
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du..., 1863Confused flour beetle
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Trichosaragus pilosellus Blackburn, 1890
Ulomoides limbatus Carter, 1921
Ulomoides pascoei MacLeay, 1872
Ulomoides tetraspilotus Hope, 1843

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in South Australia
SubfamilyAlleculinae
Laporte, 1840
Comb-clawed beetles
10
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoelometopinae
Lacordaire, 1859
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
8
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
12
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhrenapatinae
Solier, 1834
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
37
113
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