Checklist for Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 630
8507
21838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 628
8495
21797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 600
8347
21509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 384
6839
18665 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 98
2243
6022 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 85
1986
5309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
| 45
1088
2022 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles | 16
256
386 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape
16 Families width 386 Species and 3 Subspecies | Aderidae Winkler, 1927 | Ant-like leaf beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 | Ant beetles | 80 | Species | Taxom | | Ciidae Leach, 1819 | Minute tree fungus beetles | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Melandryidae Leach, 1815 | False Darkling Beetle | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 | Blister Beetle | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Mordellidae Latreille, 1802 | Pintail beetles | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815 | Hairy fungus beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810 | False Blister Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807 | Cardinal beetles | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pythidae Solier, 1834 | Dead log bark beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ripiphoridae Gemminger & ..., 1870 | Rhipiphoridae | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Salpingidae Leach, 1815 | Narrow-waisted bark beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856 | Antlike leaf beetles | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859 | False long-horned beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 | Darkling Beetle | 209 | Species | Taxom | | Zopheridae Solier, 1834 | Cylindrical bark beetles | 8 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Tenebrionoidea with occurrences in Cape | Family | Aderidae
Winkler, 1927
Ant-like leaf beetles, Antlike leaf beetles | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Anthicidae
Latreille, 1819
Ant beetles, ant like flower beetle, Ant-like beetles, Ant-like flower beetles, Antlike flower beetles | 11
80 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ciidae
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
Minute tree fungus beetles, Minute Tree-Fungus Beetle, Minute tree-fungus beetles, Shelf Fungus Beetles | 2
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Meloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles | 21
34 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mordellidae
Latreille, 1802
Pintail beetles, tumbling flower beetle, Tumbling flower beetles | 11
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mycetophagidae
Leach, 1815
hairy fungus beetle, Hairy fungus beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oedemeridae
Latreille, 1810
False Blister Beetle, False blister beetles, Flower Beetles, Pollen-feeding beetles, Thick-Legged Flower Beetles | 10
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyrochroidae ♰
Latreille, 1807
Cardinal beetles, Fire beetles, Fire-colored beetles, Fire-coloured beetles | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pythidae ♰
Solier, 1834
Dead log bark beetles, Dead Log Beetles, Pythid beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ripiphoridae
Gemminger & Harold, 1870
Rhipiphoridae, wedge shaped beetle, Wedge-shaped beetles | 4
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Salpingidae
Leach, 1815
narrow-waisted bark beetle, Narrow-waisted bark beetles, Narrow-wasted bark beetles | 6
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scraptiidae
Mulsant, 1856
Antlike leaf beetles, false flower beetle, False flower beetles, Scraptiid beetles | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Stenotrachelidae
C. G. Thomson, 1859
False long-horned beetles, False longhorn beetles | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms, Mealworms, Toktokkie beetles | 167
209 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Zopheridae
Solier, 1834
Cylindrical bark beetles, ironclad beetle, Ironclad beetles, Zopherids | 5
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Tenebrionoidea at artfakta.se
Tenebrionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Tenebrionoidea at itis.gov
|
