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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
85
1408
4859
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
74
1186
4046
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
44
681
1913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
15
139
363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
95
272
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
95 Genera with 272 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPSTUY
Adelina Hesse, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Adelium Kirby, 190510SpeciesTaxom
Aethyssius Pascoe, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Agasthenes Bates, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Aglypta Gebien, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Alphasida de la Escalera, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Amarygmimus Bates, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Amarygmus Dalman, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Amphianax Bates, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Anaxo Bates, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Apterotheca Gebien, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Austropeus Herbert Jame..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Barycistela Blackburn, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Boreosaragus Matthews, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Brises Pascoe, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Brycopia Pascoe, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Caediomorpha Blackburn, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Caedius Blanchard, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Camponotiphilus Lea, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Celibe Boisduval, 19254SpeciesTaxom
Chalcopteroides Strand, 189242SpeciesTaxom
Cheirodes Géné, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Coripera Pascoe, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1921Darkling beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cyphaleus Westwood, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Derosphaerus Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Dimorphochilus Borchmann, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Dioedus LeConte, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Diphyrrhynchus Fairmaire, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dipsaconia Pascoe, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Doyenia Matthews & L..., 2005
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysarchus Pascoe, 19305SpeciesTaxom
Ecnolagria Borchmann, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ectyche Pascoe, 18735SpeciesTaxom
Euclarkia Lea, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Eulea Carter, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Eutermicola Lea, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Eutherama Carter, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Ganyme Pascoe, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18946SpeciesTaxom
Helea Latreille, 189927SpeciesTaxom
Homotrysis Pascoe, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Hyocis Pascoe, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Hypaulax Bates, 18744SpeciesTaxom
Iscanus Fauvel, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Isopteron Hope, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Latheticus Waterhouse, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Leichenum Dejean, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Leptogastrus MacLeay, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Lepturidea Fauvel, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Lixionica Blackburn, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Melaps Carter, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Meneristes Pascoe, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Mesomorphus Seidlitz, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Metistete Pascoe, 19209SpeciesTaxom
Metriolagria Merkl, 1987
0SpeciesTaxom
Micrectyche Bates, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Micropedinus Lewis, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Nocar Blackburn, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Nolicima Matthews, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Notocistela Carter, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Nyctozoilus Guérin-Ménev..., 19379SpeciesTaxom
Oectosis Pascoe, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Ommatophorus MacLeay, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Omolipus Pascoe, 19225SpeciesTaxom
Oncopterus Léon Fairmaire, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Onotrichus Carter, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Paratoxicum Champion, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Platyphanes Westwood, 19375SpeciesTaxom
Promethis Pascoe, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeba Blackburn, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Pterohelaeus Brême, 184822SpeciesTaxom
Saragus Erichson, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Scaletomerus Blackburn, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Seirotrana Pascoe, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Simarus Borchmann, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Sobas Pascoe, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Sympetes Pascoe, 184114SpeciesTaxom
Tanychilus Newman, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1792Indet. Mealworm Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonomenes Chevrolat, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Thorictosoma Lea, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Titaena Erichson, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxicum Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Trachyscelis Latreille, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1904Flour beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Trichamarygmus Carter, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Ulomites Tillyard, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Ulomoides Blackburn, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Yarranum Matthews, 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
272 Species
Adelina sericesthis Weiser & Beard, 1959
Adelium breviusculum Gebien, 1908
Adelium cuprescens Carter, 1909
Adelium homogeneum Pascoe, 1869
Adelium irregulare Carter, 1914
Adelium lindense Blackburn, 1892
Adelium negligens Gebien, 1908
Adelium occidentale Blackburn, 1890
Adelium scytalicum Pascoe, 1869
Adelium vicarium Pascoe, 1866
Adelium violaceum Carter, 1905
Aethyssius cylindricollis Carter, 1927
Aethyssius ruber Carter, 1915
Agasthenes frenchi Carter, 1909
Agasthenes westwoodi Bates, 1873
Aglypta gebieni Carter, 1911
Aglypta octocostata Gebien, 1908
Aglypta parva Carter, 1911
Aglypta rugosa Carter, 1937
Alphasida leperina Reitter, 1917
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus Fabricius, 1781Black fungus beetle
Amarygmimus duboulayi Bates, 1873
Amarygmus diaperioides Blackburn, 1889
Amarygmus metalliceps Carter, 1921
Amarygmus tyrrhenus Pascoe, 1870
Amphianax subcoriaceus Bates, 1873
Anaxo cylindricollis (Carter, 1927)⇒ Aethyssius cylindricollis Carter, 1927
Apterotheca besti Blackburn, 1894
Apterotheca pustulosa Carter, 1924
Austropeus pustulosa
Boreosaragus bicarinatus Champion, 1894
Boreosaragus confirmatus Pascoe, 1870
Boreosaragus lugubris Lea, 1897
Boreosaragus novemcostatus Carter, 1911
Boreosaragus tricarinatus Blackburn, 1892
Brises acuticornis Pascoe, 1869
Brises trachynotoides Pascoe, 1869
Brycopia denticulata Carter, 1936
Caediomorpha heteromera King, 1869
Caedius granulatus Kulzer, 1964
Caedius obesus Kulzer, 1964
Caedius sphaeroides Hope, 1843
Camponotiphilus fimbricollis Lea, 1914
Celibe brunnipes Boisduval, 1835
Celibe carinata Brême, 1842
Celibe limbata Pascoe, 1869
Celibe wilsoni Carter, 1925
Chalcopteroides acutangulus Blackburn, 1899
Chalcopteroides caesar Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides carus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides clypealis Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides cupripennis Hope, 1843
Chalcopteroides cyaneus Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides cyaniventris Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides difficilis Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides eremita Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides eyrensis Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides fastuosus Germar, 1848
Chalcopteroides gilesi Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides gracilicornis Blackburn, 1899
Chalcopteroides inconspicuus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides interioris Blackburn, 1890
Chalcopteroides interrogationis Gebien, 1908
Chalcopteroides iridescens Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides iridiventris Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides iris Blackburn, 1899
Chalcopteroides laetus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides latifrons Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides lepidus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides longipennis Hope, 1843
Chalcopteroides longulus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides lucidus Carter, 1924
Chalcopteroides mastersi Blackburn, 1893
Chalcopteroides mimus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides minor Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides nitidus Carter, 1930
Chalcopteroides obscurus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides perlongus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides placidus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides proditor Blackburn, 1899
Chalcopteroides prospiciens Blackburn, 1893
Chalcopteroides puncticollis Hope, 1843
Chalcopteroides purpureus Germar, 1848
Chalcopteroides scutellaris Carter, 1921
Chalcopteroides spectabilis Castelnau & ..., 1831
Chalcopteroides tinctus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides velutinus MacLeay, 1826
Chalcopteroides viridicollis MacLeay, 1826
Chalcopteroides yorkensis Blackburn, 1892
Cheirodes sardous Géné, 1839
Corticeus ulomoides Blair, 1921
Cyphaleus metallescens Westwood, 1849
Dioedus araucariae Lea, 1929
Diphyrrhynchus (Neoabantis) ellipticus
Dysarchus browni Carter, 1930
Dysarchus duboulayi Bates, 1872
Dysarchus odewahni Pascoe, 1866
Dysarchus palpalis Carter, 1937
Dysarchus percostatus Carter, 1930
Ecnolagria aeneoviolacea Champion, 1895
Ectyche coerulea Champion, 1894
Ectyche erebea Pascoe, 1869
Ectyche sculpturata Bates, 1873
Ectyche semibullata Carter, 1920
Ectyche tuberculipennis Bates, 1873
Euclarkia costata Lea, 1919
Eulea caeca Carter, 1937
Eutermicola sculpticollis Lea, 1916
Eutherama cyaneum Carter, 1914
Ganyme demarzi Kulzer, 1964
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) elderi Blackburn, 1892Vegetable beetle
Gonocephalum alternatum Carter, 1915
Gonocephalum carpentariae Blackburn, 1894Northern false wireworm
Gonocephalum meyricki Blackburn, 1894
Gonocephalum torridum Champion, 1894
Gonocephalum walkeri Champion, 1894False wireworm
Helea approximata Carter, 1910
Helea bimarginata Carter, 1914
Helea castor Pascoe, 1866
Helea comata Carter, 1910
Helea consularis Pascoe, 1866
Helea cycliformis Carter, 1914
Helea debilis Blackburn, 1892
Helea derbyensis MacLeay, 1888
Helea echidna White, 1841
Helea elliptica Lea, 1897
Helea elongata Blackburn, 1890
Helea frenchi Carter, 1910
Helea gilesi Carter, 1910
Helea granulata Lea, 1896
Helea latifolia Carter, 1920
Helea lubrica Blackburn, 1892
Helea mastersi Pascoe, 1870
Helea monilifera Pascoe, 1866
Helea occidentalis Carter, 1910
Helea opacicollis Carter, 1910
Helea perforata Latreille, 1817
Helea perlata Carter, 1930
Helea princeps Hope, 1848
Helea rugosipennis Carter, 1910
Helea sparsa Carter, 1910
Helea squamosa Pascoe, 1869
Helea subseriata Blackburn, 1899
Hyocis (Hyocis) bakewelli Pascoe, 1866
Hyocis (Hyocis) occidentalis Blackburn, 1894
Hyocis (Nannohyocis) inquilina Carter, 1921
Hypaulax ampliata Bates, 1874
Hypaulax orcus Pascoe, 1866Darkling Beetle
Hypaulax puncticollis Carter, 1914
Hypaulax tenuistriata Bates, 1874
Iscanus ebeninus Lea, 1929
Isopteron breve Champion, 1894
Isopteron costatum Gebien, 1908
Isopteron demarzi Kulzer, 1964
Isopteron tuberculatum Carter, 1914
Laena cardiothorax Kaszab, 1978
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880Long-headed Flour Beetle
Leichenum canaliculatum Fabricius, 1798Madagascar Beetle
Leptogastrus occidentalis Carter, 1920
Lepturidea cylindricollis Carter, 1927
Lepturidea dentipes
Lepturidea ruber Carter, 1915
Melaps pilosus Carter, 1915
Meneristes australis Boisduval, 1835
Mesomorphus vagabundus Champion, 1894
Mesomorphus villiger Blanchard, 1853Beetle
Metistete armata (Carter, 1915)⇒ Homotrysis armata Carter, 1915
Metistete clarki Carter, 1920
Metistete doddi Carter, 1920
Metistete ebenina Carter, 1915
Metistete ebeninus Carter, 1915
Metistete obscura Borchmann, 1908
Metistete occidentalis Carter, 1920
Metistete pilosa Carter, 1920
Metistete protibialis Carter, 1920
Micrectyche ferruginea Bates, 1873
Micrectyche intermedia Bates, 1873
Micropedinus inconstans Lea, 1917
Nocar subfasciatus (Carter, 1920)⇒ Taxes subfasciatus Carter, 1920
Nolicima gilesi Carter, 1914
Notocistela pustulata Carter, 1915
Notocistela pustulatus Carter, 1915
Notocistela tibialis Carter, 1915
Nyctozoilus batesi Haag-Rutenberg, 1878
Nyctozoilus bos Carter, 1911
Nyctozoilus deani Carter, 1911
Nyctozoilus duboulayi Carter, 1911
Nyctozoilus major Blackburn, 1890
Nyctozoilus marginicollis Bates, 1872
Nyctozoilus politus Carter, 1933
Nyctozoilus punctocostatus Carter, 1921
Nyctozoilus tepperi Carter, 1937
Oectosis cylindrica Germar, 1848
Ommatophorus atripes Carter, 1915
Omolipus angustus Carter, 1915
Omolipus cyaneus Pascoe, 1870
Omolipus grimwadei Oke, 1951
Omolipus oblongus Bates, 1873
Omolipus ovatus Carter, 1922
Oncopterus acantholophus Fairmaire, 1887
Onotrichus lateralis Carter, 1911
Onotrichus minor Carter, 1914
Palorus subdepressus Wollaston, 1864Depressed flour beetle
Paratoxicum iridescens Champion, 1894
Phanerotoma lutea Kittel & Austin, 2015
Platydema aries Pascoe, 1869
Platyphanes browni Carter, 1914
Platyphanes chalcopteroides Carter, 1913
Platyphanes cyaneus Pascoe, 1866
Platyphanes planatus Carter, 1936
Platyphanes subseriatus Carter, 1937
Promethis punctithorax Kaszab, 1988
Pseudeba fossor Halstead, 1967
Pterohelaeus arcanus Pascoe, 1870
Pterohelaeus brevicornis Blackburn, 1907
Pterohelaeus broadhursti Lea, 1896
Pterohelaeus cellulosus Carter, 1934
Pterohelaeus cereus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus darlingensis Carter, 1919Eastern false wireworm
Pterohelaeus darwini Lea, 1896
Pterohelaeus dispar Pascoe, 1869
Pterohelaeus ellipsoides Carter, 1937
Pterohelaeus geminatus Blackburn, 1890
Pterohelaeus gilesi Carter, 1919
Pterohelaeus gracilicornis Blackburn, 1907
Pterohelaeus guerini Brême, 1842
Pterohelaeus interruptus Carter, 1920
Pterohelaeus nitidissimus Pascoe, 1869
Pterohelaeus nitidiusculus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus parallelus Brême, 1842
Pterohelaeus subgeminatus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus sublaevis Carter, 1911
Pterohelaeus subsericeus Carter, 1937
Pterohelaeus teres Carter, 1937
Pterohelaeus tristis Germar, 1848
Saragus barretti Carter, 1932
Saragus ellipsoides Carter, 1921
Saragus frenchi Carter, 1910
Saragus pascoei MacLeay, 1888
Saragus sphaeroides Carter, 1911
Seirotrana parallela Germar, 1848
Simarus elongatus Carter, 1915
Sobas australis Hope, 1843
Sympetes acutifrons Lea, 1896
Sympetes bremei Hope, 1848
Sympetes browni Carter, 1919
Sympetes denticeps Carter, 1911
Sympetes depressus Carter, 1919
Sympetes excisifrons Carter, 1910
Sympetes gagates Brême, 1842
Sympetes orbicularis Brême, 1842
Sympetes patelliformis Pascoe, 1870
Sympetes quadratus Carter, 1910
Sympetes rotundatus Brême, 1842
Sympetes subrugosus Brême, 1842
Sympetes testudineus Hope, 1848
Sympetes tricostellus White, 1841
Tanychilus gouldi Hope, 1843
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) obscurus Fabricius, 1792Dark mealworm
Thorictosoma ectatommae Lea, 1919
Toxicum punctipenne Pascoe, 1866
Trachyscelis ciliaris Champion, 1893
Trachyscelis laevis Champion, 1893
Trachyscelis nigra Carter, 1906
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du..., 1863Confused flour beetle
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Tribolium myrmecophilum Lea, 1904
Trichamarygmus pilosus Carter, 1913
Ulomoides abdominalis Gebien, 1908
Ulomoides tetraspilotus Hope, 1843
Yarranum crenicolle Pascoe, 1869

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in West Australia
SubfamilyAlleculinae
Laporte, 1840
Comb-clawed beetles
14
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoelometopinae
Lacordaire, 1859
6
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
10
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
16
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhrenapatinae
Solier, 1834
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenochiinae
Kirby, 1837
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
41
191
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