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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
89
2548
8817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
83
2237
7457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
46
1209
2972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
15
180
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
116
151
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
116 Genera with 151 Species
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Adesmia Fischer von ..., 1822
0SpeciesTaxom
Afrotagalus Gebien, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Amachla Koch, 01SpeciesTaxom
Amenophis Thomson, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Amiantus Fåhraeus, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Anaedus Blanchard, 01SpeciesTaxom
Anchophthalmops Koch, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Anchophthalmus Gerstaecker, 01SpeciesTaxom
Anomalipus Latreille, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Apterogena Ardoin, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Argobrachium Fairmaire, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Arturium Koch, 192113SpeciesTaxom
Asthenochirus Fairmaire, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachyphrynus Léon Fairmaire, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Bradymerus Perroud & Mo..., 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Catamerus Fairmaire, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Centorus Mulsant, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Ceropria Castelnau & ..., 18311SpeciesTaxom
Chirocharis Kolbe, 01SpeciesTaxom
Chiroscelis Lamarck, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Clitobius Mulsant & Rey, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1867Darkling beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cosmogaster Koch, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Cossyphodinus Wasmann, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Cossyphus Scopoli, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Crypsinous Fairmaire, 01SpeciesTaxom
Derosphaerus Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Diaclina Jacquelin du..., 18582SpeciesTaxom
Distretus Haag-Rutenberg, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysgena Mäklin, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Ellipsodes Wollaston, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Emmallus Wilhelm Ferd..., 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Emmalus Erichson, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Endostomus Gemminger & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Endustomus Brême, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Ethmus Haag-Rutenberg, 19545SpeciesTaxom
Eulytus Waterhouse, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Eupezus Blanchard, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Eutochia LeConte, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Glyptopteryx Gebien, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Gnathidium Gebien, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 19934SpeciesTaxom
Gonocnemis Thomson, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Gonopus Latreille, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Heliopathes Mulsant & Rey, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Heterocheira Lacordaire, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Homalinota Koch, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplonyx Thomson, 04SpeciesTaxom
Hymatismus Erichson, 1870Tapering darkling beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Imatismus Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Lagria Fabricius, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Lamprobothris Fairmaire, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Megalocera Hope, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Menephilus Mulsant, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Mesomorphus Seidlitz, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Metallonotus Westwood, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Micrantereus Solier, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimocellus Wasmann, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimosynopticus Pic, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Nannalcyon Koch, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Nannocerus Mayr, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Neomida Mulsant, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoplonyx Ardoin, 1963
0SpeciesTaxom
Ocnodes Fåhraeus, 18756SpeciesTaxom
Odontopezus Alluaud, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Oncosoma Westwood, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Opatrum Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Oplocheirus Lacordaire, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Paragonocnemis Kraatz, 01SpeciesTaxom
Paramarygmus Quedenfeldt, 01SpeciesTaxom
Paraphylax Foerster, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Pentaphyllus Dejean, 01SpeciesTaxom
Perichilus Quedenfeldt, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Peristeptus Haag-Rutenberg, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaleria Latreille, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Phrynocolus Lacordaire, 02SpeciesTaxom
Physophrynus Léon Fairmaire, 18875SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 04SpeciesTaxom
Podacamptus Ardoin, 1964
0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonobasis Solier, 01SpeciesTaxom
Porrolagria Kolbe, 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Praeugena Laporte, 01SpeciesTaxom
Praogena Laporte de C..., 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Prioproctus Kolbe, 01SpeciesTaxom
Prioscelis Hope, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Psammophanes Lesne, 19537SpeciesTaxom
Psammotyria Koch, 19535SpeciesTaxom
Pycnocerus Westwood, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Pycnotagalus Kaszab, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Renatiella Koch, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhytinota Eschscholtz, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Rozonia Fairmaire, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Rytinota Johann Fried..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Sepidium Fabricius, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Somaticus Hope, 1955False wireworms2SpeciesTaxom
Sora Walker, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Stenethmus Gebien, 19377SpeciesTaxom
Sternocera Eschscholtz, 188613SpeciesTaxom
Strongylium Kirby, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Taraxides Waterhouse, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Temnoaphelus Ferrer, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Tentyria Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Tentyrina Reitter, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxicum Latreille, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Trachyscelis Latreille, 1809
0SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1797Flour beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Trichethmus Gebien, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Uloma Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Ulomina Baudi di Selve, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Vieta Laporte de C..., 188112SpeciesTaxom
Xenostethus Bates, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Zophosis Latreille, 18542SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
151 Species and 17 Subspecies
Alphitobius niger Ferrer, 1983
Amachla hamaticollis
Amenophis transversalis Westwood, 1842
Anaedus leleupi
Anchophthalmops brevipleurum Koch, 1956
Anchophthalmops menouxi Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Anchophthalmus pricipennis
Anomalipus heraldicus heraldicus Gerstaecker, 1871
Apterogena martini Ferrer, 2001
Argobrachium usambaricum Ferrer, 1987
Arturium ater Waterhouse, 1885
Arturium auriculatus Gebien, 1910
Arturium benanum Wilke, 1921
Arturium crispatus Fairmaire, 1887
Arturium fiomicum Wilke, 1921
Arturium fulleborni Wilke, 1921
Arturium gebieni Wilke, 1921
Arturium glauningi Wilke, 1921
Arturium methneri Wilke, 1921
Arturium pretiosum Wilke, 1921
Arturium tenuecostatus Gebien, 1910
Arturium undaticostis Fairmaire, 1887
Arturium wembericum Wilke, 1921
Brachyphrynus petrosus Gerstaecker, 1871
Brachyphrynus petrosus erlangeri Wilke, 1921
Catamerus revoili Fairmaire, 1887
Centorus inhumatus Hope, 1842
Ceropria romandi Castelnau, 1831
Chirocharis ukamia
Corticeus longicornis Wollaston, 1867
Cossyphodinus joannae Basilewsky, 1960
Cossyphus dentiventris Gerstaecker, 1871
Crypsinous latifrons
Diaclina gracilis Fahraeus, 1870
Diaclina parallela Thomson, 1858
Ellipsodes (Anthrenopsis) ziczac Motschulsky, 1873
Emmalus major Fairmaire, 1887
Endostomus integrinus Reitter, 1880
Ethmus analis Gebien, 1910
Ethmus cinereosparsus Gebien, 1910
Ethmus gedyei Koch, 1954
Ethmus nyassicus Koch, 1954
Ethmus pygidialis Koch, 1954
Eulytus foveipennis Kolbe, 1897
Eulytus nodipennis Waterhouse, 1882
Eutochia pulla Erichson, 1843
Gonocephalum dermestoides Gerstaecker, 1871
Gonocephalum simplex Fabricius, 1801Common ground beetle
Gonocephalum torridum Champion, 1894
Gonocephalum validum Ferrer, 1993
Gonocnemis rusticus
Gonocnemis strigipennis Thomson, 1858
Heliopathes humerangulus Reitter, 1904
Hoplonyx brevicollis Gerstaecker, 1871
Hoplonyx ertli
Hoplonyx laticollis
Hoplonyx probus
Hymatismus (Curimosphena) villosus Haag-Rutenberg, 1870
Laena luprops Kaszab, 1973
Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Stenosis villosa C. Brisout d..., 1866
Megalocera rubricollis Hope, 1842
Menephilus debeckeri Ardoin, 1976
Menephilus gagates Gebien, 1910
Menephilus gagatus Gebien, 1910
Mesomorphus globosus Kaszab, 1963
Mesomorphus villiger Blanchard, 1853Beetle
Mimosynopticus parvulus Pic, 1922
Nannalcyon cylindrus Fairmaire, 1887
Ocnodes acuductus Ancey, 1883
Ocnodes acuductus ufipanus Koch, 1952
Ocnodes freudei Koch, 1952
Ocnodes gibbus Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Ocnodes sjoestedti Gebien, 1910
Ocnodes zanzibaricus Haag-Rutenberg, 1875
Odontopezus cupreus Fabricius, 1792
Palorus ratzeburgii Wissmann, 1848Small-eyed Flour Beetle
Paragonocnemis rufus
Paramarygmus nigronitens
Paraphylax pusillus Szépligeti, 1908
Pentaphyllus capricornis
Phaleria provincialis cypria Grimm, 1991
Phaleria prolixa Fairmaire, 1869
Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894Braconid wasp
Phanerotoma ornatulopsis (De Saeger, 1942)⇒ Phanerotoma leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894
Phanerotoma pygmaea Szépligeti, 1913
Phanerotoma saussurei Kohl, 1906
Phrynocolus spinipennis Gebien, 1910
Phrynocolus tenuecostatum
Physophrynus bufo Haag-Rutenberg, 1871
Physophrynus burdoi Fairmaire, 1882
Physophrynus crenatocostatus Fairmaire, 1887
Physophrynus kaszabi Koch, 1953
Physophrynus revoili Fairmaire, 1887
Platydema detersum Walker, 1858
Platydema foveiceps
Platydema laticorne (Fairmaire, 1882)⇒ Platydema detersum Walker, 1858
Platydema latitarse
Pogonobasis marginalis
Praeugena fossulata
Prioproctus oertzeni
Prioscelis thomsoni Gebler, 1845
Psammophanes castanopterus Haag-Rutenberg, 1875
Psammophanes densepunctatus Koch, 1953
Psammophanes frommi Wilke, 1921
Psammophanes granuliger Koch, 1953
Psammophanes kilimandjarus Koch, 1953
Psammophanes naivashanus Lesne, 1922
Psammophanes plicatus multilineatus Koch, 1953
Psammotyria attenuatus magnophthalmus Koch, 1953
Psammotyria ertli Kolbe, 1904
Psammotyria ertli spinosocostatus Kolbe, 1904
Psammotyria lateridens Fairmaire, 1887
Psammotyria lateridens nyassicus Koch, 1953
Pycnocerus (Dinoscelis) passerini Bertoloni, 1849
Pycnocerus revoili Fairmaire, 1887
Rhytinota gracillima metallica Gebien, 1911
Rhytinota marginata Gebien, 1910
Rhytinota praelonga meruensis Gebler, 1910
Sepidium bulbiferum Gerstaecker, 1884
Somaticus sordidus Gerstaecker, 1854
Somaticus tropicalis Koch, 1955
Sora (Sora) zanzibarensis M. Abdullah, 1964
Stenethmus impuncticollis Gebien, 1937
Stenethmus massaicus Kaszab, 1972
Stenethmus orientalis Kaszab, 1972
Stenethmus punctipleuris Kaszab, 1972
Stenethmus punctiventris Genien, 1937
Stenethmus szunyoghyi Kaszab, 1972
Stenethmus tentyriiniformis septentrionalis Gebien, 1937
Sternocera castanea Olivier, 1790
Sternocera castanea boucardi Saunders, 1874
Sternocera castanea boucardii Saunders, 1874
Sternocera castanea castanea Oliver, 1790
Sternocera discedens Kolbe, 1901
Sternocera hildebrandti Harold, 1878
Sternocera hunteri Waterhouse, 1889
Sternocera natalensis
Sternocera orissa Buquet, 1837Giant jewel beetle
Sternocera orissa luctifera Klug, 1855
Sternocera pulchra Waterhouse, 1879
Sternocera pulchra fischeri
Sternocera variabilis Kerremans, 1886
Temnoaphelus hispidus J. Ferrer, 1987
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Trichethmus lobicolis Gebien, 1937
Ulomina carinata Baudi di Selve, 1876
Vieta erecticollis Ancey, 1881
Vieta furcifera Gerstaecker, 1884
Vieta hamaticollis Fairmaire, 1887
Vieta lacunosa Fairmaire, 1894
Vieta luctuosa Fairmaire, 1894
Vieta montana Fairmaire, 1894
Vieta muscosa Gerstaecker, 1871
Vieta pallidicornis Koch, 1958
Vieta ramosipilus Koch, 1958
Vieta speculifera Gebien, 1910
Vieta spiculosa Gerstaecker, 1884
Vieta uncigera Ancey, 1881
Zophosis bicarinata bicarinata Solier, 1834
Zophosis convexiuscula Gerstaecker, 1854

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyCoelometopinae
Lacordaire, 1859
5
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
9
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
20
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhrenapatinae
Solier, 1834
2
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
26
62
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenochiinae
Kirby, 1837
5
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
40
36
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