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Checklist for Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Darkling Beetle)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
84
1437
3222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
72
1244
2777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
37
707
1073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
12
168
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms
115
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
115 Genera with 127 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPSTUZ
Adesmia Fischer von ..., 03SpeciesTaxom
Alobates Motschulsky, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Amorphopoda Fåhraeus, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Anethas Jacobson, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Anomalipus Latreille, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Argasidius Péringuey, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Arthromacra Kirby, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Asbolius Haag-Rutenberg, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Asemogena Péringuey, 02SpeciesTaxom
Asida Latreille, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Atrocrates Koch, 02SpeciesTaxom
Atropsorodes Ardoin, 02SpeciesTaxom
Bantodemus Koch, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Blaps Fabricius, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Blenosia Laporte de C..., 18061SpeciesTaxom
Borboresthes Fairmaire, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Bradymerus Perroud & Mo..., 18211SpeciesTaxom
Byzacnus Pascoe, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Caedius Blanchard, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Capidium Koch, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Cossyphodes Westwood, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Crypticanus Fairmaire, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochile Latreille, 06SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrothorus Solier, 1844
0SpeciesTaxom
Derolagria Borchmann, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Derosphaerius Westwood, 04SpeciesTaxom
Diestesoma Péringuey, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dysgena Mäklin, 01SpeciesTaxom
Edrotes LeConte, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Eleodes Eschscholtz, 1824Clown bug1SpeciesTaxom
Emyon Gerstaecker, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Epiphysa Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Erodius Fabricius, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Erycastus Fairmaire, 01SpeciesTaxom
Eupezus Blanchard, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Eurynotus Kirby, 016SpeciesTaxom
Eutochia LeConte, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Eviropodus Koch, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Geophanus Haag-Rutenberg, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Gnathocerus Thunberg, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Gnatocerus Thunberg, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18013SpeciesTaxom
Gonocnemis Thomson, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Gonopus Latreille, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemodus Gebien, 01SpeciesTaxom
Helibatus Mulsant, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Herpiscius Solier, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Himatismus Erichson, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Horatoma Solier, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hypamarygmus Gebien, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Imatismus Dejean, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Isomira Mulsant, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Isopteron Hope, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Lagria Fabricius, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Lampocrypticus1SpeciesTaxom
Latheticus Waterhouse, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Leichenum Dejean, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Leiochrodes Westwood, 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Lopholagria Borchmann, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Lycanthropa Thomson, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Machla Lichtenstein, 02SpeciesTaxom
Metriopus Solier, 01SpeciesTaxom
Micrantereus Solier, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Microphligra Koch, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Misolampus Latreille, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Moluris Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Neoeutrapela Bousquet & B..., 2013
0SpeciesTaxom
Nycteropus Klug, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ograbies Péringuey, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Omolepta Fåhraeus, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Onymacris Allard, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Opatrum Fabricius, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Oxura Kirby, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachyphaleria Gebien, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Paramellops Andreae, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphylax Foerster, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Parastizopus Gebien, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Periloma Gebien, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaeotribon Kraatz, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaleria Latreille, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Phaleriderma Koch, 1954
0SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 01SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotomea Koch, 1958
Helmet toktokkies0SpeciesTaxom
Phligra Laporte, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Physadesmia Penrith, 01SpeciesTaxom
Physosterna Allard, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Pimelia Fabricius, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Planostibes Gemminger, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Praogena Laporte de C..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Pristophilus Kolbe, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoseriscius Espa& 324;ol, 01SpeciesTaxom
Schelodontes Koch, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Schyzoschelus Koch, 1954
0SpeciesTaxom
Scleron Hope, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Somaticus Hope, 1955False wireworms12SpeciesTaxom
Stenocara Solier, 17952SpeciesTaxom
Stenodesia Reitter, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenogonopus Gebien, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Sternocera Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Stips Koch, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stipsostoma Koch, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Stizopus Erichson, 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Tarsocnodes Gebien, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1782Indet. Mealworm Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Toxicum Latreille, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxocnema Olof Immanue..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1933Flour beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopus Mulsant & Rey, 04SpeciesTaxom
Uloma Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Umslatus Péringuey, 01SpeciesTaxom
Zophius De Brême, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Zophosis Latreille, 18326SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
127 Species and 1 Subspecies
Adesmia goryi Solier, 1835
Adesmia porcata Fabricius, 1781
Adesmia torulosa
Alobates pensylvanicus DeGeer, 1775False Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus Fabricius, 1781Black fungus beetle
Anomalipus carinatus Oertzen, 1897
Anomalipus elephas Fåhraeus, 1870
Anomalipus granocostatus Fairmaire, 1894
Arthromacra entypodera Chen & X. Yang, 1997
Asemogena humilis
Asemogena simplex
Asida unigena Péringuey, 1899
Atrocrates dentatus Iwan, 1998
Atrocrates pliskoi
Atropsorodes peringueyi
Atropsorodes subnitens
Bantodemus crassipes Thunberg, 1821
Blaps rufipes Thunberg, 1821
Blaps tibialis Reiche & Saulcy, 1857
Blenosia exarata Quensel, 1806
Bradymerus fuscipes Thunberg, 1821
Capidium bipunctatum Thunberg, 1821
Capidium striatula Thunberg, 1821
Cossyphodes angolanus Basilewsky, 1952
Cryptochile echinata Fabricius, 1781
Cryptochile hessei
Cryptochile rotundior
Cryptochile seripennis
Cryptochile serrata
Cryptochile spinosa
Derosphaerius antilope
Derosphaerius asperifrons
Derosphaerius laticollis
Derosphaerius seriepunctatus
Diestesoma pulchrum Péringuey, 1904
Dysgena capicola
Eleodes (Eleodes) hispilabris Say, 1824False wireworm
Erodius (Erodius) gibbus (Johann Chris..., 1775)⇒ Phylan gibbus Fabricius, 1775
Erodius muricatus Fabricius, 1798
Erycastus vicinus
Eurynotus acutangulus
Eurynotus bablomontis
Eurynotus barnardi
Eurynotus caledonicus
Eurynotus capensis Fabricius, 1794
Eurynotus georgensis
Eurynotus hessei
Eurynotus jouberti
Eurynotus lightfooti
Eurynotus monticola
Eurynotus mulsanti
Eurynotus rugiventris
Eurynotus sulcimareo
Eurynotus thornei
Eurynotus tuberculatus
Eurynotus visseri
Gnathocerus (Gnathocerus) cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Gnatocerus cornutus Fabricius, 1798
Gnatocerus ruber (Thunberg, 1814)⇒ Gnatocerus cornutus Fabricius, 1798
Gonocephalum dermestoides Gerstaecker, 1871
Gonocephalum seriatum Boisduval, 1835Beetle
Gonocephalum simplex Fabricius, 1801Common ground beetle
Gonocnemis surcoufi Pic, 1928
Haemodus lutulenta
Herpiscius damarinus Péringuey, 1904
Himatismus vansoni Koch, 1950
Horatoma crenulata
Imatismus fasciculatus Fabricius, 1798
Laena luprops Kaszab, 1973
Lagria flava (Geoffroy, 1758)⇒ Glipa flava Fan & Yang, 1993
Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Stenosis villosa C. Brisout d..., 1866
Lampocrypticus apicalis
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880Long-headed Flour Beetle
Machla agrestis
Machla lita
Metriopus ruficornis
Microphligra minuta Péringuey, 1904
Misolampus gibbulus Herbst, 1799
Moluris gibbosa Thunberg, 1787
Nycteropus abbreviatus
Ograbies subdentatus Koch, 1951
Onymacris paiva Haag, 1875
Opatrum (Colpophorus) validum Rottenberg, 1871
Pachyphaleria capensis Laporte de C..., 1840
Palorus subdepressus Wollaston, 1864Depressed flour beetle
Phaleria provincialis cypria Grimm, 1991
Phaleria prolixa Fairmaire, 1869
Phanerotoma pertinax
Physadesmia bullata
Pimelia (Amblyptera) scabrosa Solier, 1836
Praogena capicola
Pseudoseriscius skaifei
Schelodontes dormitorius Iwan, 1998
Scleron ferrugineum Fabricius, 1801
Somaticus adventitus Péringuey, 1899
Somaticus albulus
Somaticus badeni Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
Somaticus georgensis Koch, 1955
Somaticus gracilipes Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
Somaticus gunvorae Koch, 1953
Somaticus hirtundo
Somaticus hirundo Koch, 1955
Somaticus licinoides Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
Somaticus rugosus Fabricius, 1781
Somaticus serratus Péringuey, 1885
Somaticus zinni Koch, 1955
Stenocara crenata Thunberg, 1787
Stenocara longipes Olivier, 1795
Stips costata
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) molitor Linnaeus, 1758Hardback Beetle
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) obscurus Fabricius, 1792Dark mealworm
Tenebrio erodius Pallas, 1782
Toxocnema thornei
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du..., 1863Confused flour beetle
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Tribolium destructor Uyttenboogaart, 1933Dark flour beetle
Trigonopus capicola Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Trigonopus politulus
Trigonopus tenebrosus
Trigonopus tibialis
Umslatus tenuipes
Zophosis boei (Solier, 1834)⇒ Oculosis boei Solier, 1834
Zophosis minuta Fabricius, 1775
Zophosis orbicularis Deyrolle, 1872
Zophosis parentalis
Zophosis prona
Zophosis punctata Brullé, 1832

Subnodes of Tenebrionidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyAlleculinae
Laporte, 1840
Comb-clawed beetles
5
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoelometopinae
Lacordaire, 1859
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiaperinae
Latreille, 1802
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLagriinae
Latreille, 1825
Long-jointed bark beetles, Long-jointed Beetles
10
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPimeliinae
Latreille, 1802
35
48
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenochiinae
Kirby, 1837
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTenebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
47
58
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