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Checklist for Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
74
1983
6237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
68
1730
5215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
35
890
2029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
11
131
174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
11 Families width 174 Species and 11 Subspecies
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle66SpeciesTaxom
Aderidae Winkler, 1927Ant-like leaf beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834Cylindrical bark beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856Antlike leaf beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles30SpeciesTaxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810Blister Beetle40SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Ciidae Leach, 1819Minute tree fungus beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845Mycterid beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Salpingidae Leach, 1815Narrow-waisted bark beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Pintail beetles3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
131 Genera with 174 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPRSTUVXZ
Achrostus Fairmaire, 01SpeciesTaxom
Adavius Mulsant & Rey, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Aderus Stephens, 19148SpeciesTaxom
Afrorthocerus Pope, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Allecula Fabricius, 1787
0SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Ammobius Guérin-Ménev..., 18461SpeciesTaxom
Anaedus Blanchard, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Anaspis Geoffroy, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Anchophthalmops Koch, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Anchophthalmus Gerstaecker, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Anomalipus Latreille, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Anthelephila Hope, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Anthicus Paykull, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Apalus Fabricius, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Arturium Koch, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Asclerosibutia Pic, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Asprotera Pascoe, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Biophida Pascoe, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Bitoma Herbst, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Brachyphrynus Léon Fairmaire, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Cenoscelis Wollaston, 1867
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceracis Mellié, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceroctis Marseul, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Chirocharis Kolbe, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Cis Latreille, 1926Bracket Fungus Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Coeladesmia Reitter, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Coryna Förster, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Cosmogaster Koch, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryphaeus Klug, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochile Latreille, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Cyaneolytta Péringuey, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Cyclodinus Mulsant & Rey, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Derolagria Borchmann, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Derosphaerus Thomson, 01SpeciesTaxom
Diaclina Jacquelin du..., 18584SpeciesTaxom
Dichastops Gerstaecker, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Dichotymus Fairmaire, 01SpeciesTaxom
Diphyrrhynchus Fairmaire, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Ditylomorphula Svihla, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Eccoptostoma Gebien, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Edrotes LeConte, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Eletica Dejean, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Elgonidium Basilewsky, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Endomia Laporte, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Endustomus Brême, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Epicauta Dejean, 1854Burning Blister Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Eulytus Waterhouse, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Eupezus Blanchard, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Eurypus Kirby, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Eutochia LeConte, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Formicomus LaFerté-Séne..., 19992SpeciesTaxom
Glyptopteryx Gebien, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Hemipeplus Latreille, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Heterocheira Lacordaire, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Himatismus Erichson, 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Hirticollis Marseul, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Homalinota Koch, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplonyx Thomson, 02SpeciesTaxom
Hycleus Latreille, 183612SpeciesTaxom
Imatismus Dejean, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Inopeplus Smith, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Inscutomonomma Pic, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Lagria Fabricius, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Leichenum Dejean, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Lytta Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Mamakius Pope, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1802Oil Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Menephilus Mulsant, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Meracanthoides Linell, 01SpeciesTaxom
Micrantereus Solier, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Microcrypticus Gebien, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Microprius Fairmaire, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Monomma Klug, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Mordella Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Mordellistena Costa, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Mylabris Fabricius, 19109SpeciesTaxom
Myladina Reitter, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Nannalcyon Koch, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom
Nemognatha Illiger, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Notoxus Geoffroy, 19759SpeciesTaxom
Ocnodes Fåhraeus, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Omonadus Mulsant & Rey, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Orientochile Penrit & End..., 18541SpeciesTaxom
Orthocis Casey, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Paragonocnemis Kraatz, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Paramarygmus Quedenfeldt, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaleria Latreille, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Phrynocolus Lacordaire, 19225SpeciesTaxom
Phrynophanes Carl Koch, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Phymatoplata Koch, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonobasis Solier, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Praogena Laporte de C..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Prioscelis Hope, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Psalydolytta Péringuey, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Psammophanes Lesne, 195312SpeciesTaxom
Pseudohypasclera Macnamara, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Pycnocerus Westwood, 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Pycnomerus Erichson, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Renatiella Koch, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Rytinota Johann Fried..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Sapintus Casey, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Sciophagus Sharp, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Scraptia Latreille, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Sepidium Fabricius, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Sitaris Latreille, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Somalarthrocera Turco & Bologna, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromorda Franciscolo, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Sphingocorse Gebien, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Sternocera Eschscholtz, 18749SpeciesTaxom
Stomylus Fåhraeus, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Stricticomus Pic, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Strongylium Kirby, 01SpeciesTaxom
Sybaris Stephens, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Synchita Hellwig, 1792
0SpeciesTaxom
Syzeton Blackburn, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Taraxides Waterhouse, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Tomoderus LaFerté-Séne..., 19591SpeciesTaxom
Ulomina Baudi di Selve, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Vieta Laporte de C..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Vietomorpha Fairmaire, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Xenogena Borchmann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylographus Mellié, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Zoianaspis Franciscolo, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Zonitodema Péringuey, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Zonitoschema Péringuey, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Zophosis Latreille, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
174 Species and 11 Subspecies
Achrostus cylindricornis
Aderus crassifemur Pic, 1914
Aderus gracilicornis Pic, 1914
Aderus kenyensis Pic, 1939
Aderus limbatus Pic, 1914
Aderus longicollis Pic, 1914
Aderus nigrocinctus Pic, 1914
Aderus sinuatipes Pic, 1914
Aderus tavetanus Pic, 1914
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius viator Mulsant & Go..., 1868
Ammobius rufus Lucas, 1846
Anaedus punctatissimus Blanchard, 1843
Anaspis (Pinassa) jeanneli Pic, 1939
Anaspis (Pinassa) nairobiana Pic, 1939
Anaspis (Pinassa) walteriana Franciscolo, 1994
Anchophthalmops menouxi Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Anomalipus heraldicus heraldicus Gerstaecker, 1871
Anthelephila canaliculata LaFerté-Séne..., 1849
Anthelephila opiatus Kejval, 1999
Anthicus (Anthicus) ancilla Casey, 1895
Anthicus (Anthicus) ater (Thunberg, 1787)⇒ Anthicus tristis Pic, 1939
Anthicus (Anthicus) crinitus LaFerté-Séne..., 1849Ant beetles
Anthicus (Anthicus) haldemani LeConte, 1852
Anthicus posticatus Pic, 1895
Anthicus saucius (Casey, 1895)⇒ Anthicus haldemani LeConte, 1852
Apalus gibbicollis Borchmann, 1910
Apalus robustus Pic, 1913
Arturium dallastai Ardoin, 1977
Arturium parvulus Gestro, 1895
Asclerosibutia beardae Vázquez, 2004
Bitoma siccana Pascoe, 1863
Bitoma siviana Heinze, 1954
Brachyphrynus kuntzeni Wilke, 1921
Brachyphrynus petrosus Gerstaecker, 1871
Ceroctis vellerosa Thomas, 1897
Cis caffer Fahraeus, 1981
Cis guerini Mellié, 1848
Cis guerinii Mellié, 1849
Cis parallelus Scott, 1926
Coryna apicicornis (Guérin-Ménev..., 1847)⇒ Hycleus apicicornis Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Coryna dorsalis (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Hycleus apicicornis Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Coryna lanuginosa (Gerstaeker, 1854)⇒ Hycleus mylabroides Laporte, 1840
Cryphaeus taurus Fabricius, 1801
Cryptochile elegans (Gerstaecker, 1854)⇒ Orientochile elegans Gerstaecker, 1854
Cyaneolytta purpureovittata Borchmann, 1911
Cyclodinus manyaraensis Uhmann, 1982
Derosphaerus carbonatus
Diaclina cameruna Gebien, 1921
Diaclina gracilis Fahraeus, 1870
Diaclina ovalis Schawaller, 2019
Diaclina parallela Thomson, 1858
Dichotymus minor
Ditylomorphula merkli Vázquez, 1994
Eletica (Eletica) gahani Thomas, 1893
Eletica (Eletica) kibweziana Kaszab, 1955
Eletica (Eletica) suahela Kaszab, 1955
Elgonidium elongatum Bonadona, 1978
Elgonidium laevigatum Buck, 1965
Elgonidium leleupi Basilewsky, 1954
Elgonidium mahnerti Bonadona, 1978
Epicauta (Epicauta) velata Gerstaecker, 1854
Eurypus longipennis Pic, 1933
Eutochia pulla Erichson, 1843
Formicomus canaliculata La Ferte-Sen..., 1849
Formicomus opiatus (Kejval, 1999)⇒ Anthelephila opiatus Kejval, 1999
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) elderi Blackburn, 1892Vegetable beetle
Gonocephalum simplex Fabricius, 1801Common ground beetle
Gonocephalum validum Ferrer, 1993
Hemipeplus alluaudi Grouvelle, 1923
Hemipeplus egregius Arrow, 1930
Hirticollis biplagiatus LaFerté-Séne..., 1849
Hoplonyx brevicollis Gerstaecker, 1871
Hoplonyx probus
Hycleus apicicornis Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Hycleus chevrolati Beauregard, 1889
Hycleus duodecimpunctatus A. G. Olivier, 1811
Hycleus heynei Pic, 1907
Hycleus jeanneli Pic, 1913
Hycleus mylabroides Laporte, 1840
Hycleus nairobiana Pic, 1913
Hycleus naiwashana Pic, 1908
Hycleus sjoestedti Borchmann, 1910
Hycleus subexcerpta Pic, 1913
Hycleus tavetana Pic, 1913
Hycleus tenerus Germar, 1836
Inopeplus abdominalis Slipinski, 1981
Inscutomonomma benzoni Freude, 1958
Laena formaneki Schuster, 1916
Lagria striatella Gyllenhal, 1817
Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Stenosis villosa C. Brisout d..., 1866
Leichenum canaliculatum Fabricius, 1798Madagascar Beetle
Mamakius conradti Grouvelle, 1914
Meloe (Meloe) violaceus Marsham, 1802Violet oil beetle
Menephilus gagatus Gebien, 1910
Meracanthoides cupreolineatus
Microprius donisi Pope, 1952
Monomma babaulti Pic, 1924
Monomma kraatzi Pic, 1933
Mordella lepida Redtdenbacher, 1868
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) ferruginoides Smith, 1882Red-osier dogwood
Mylabris (Mylabris) aperta Gerstaecker, 1873
Mylabris (Mylabris) atricornis Linell, 1896Delta-spotted Spiketail
Mylabris (Mylabris) bifasciata De Geer, 1778
Mylabris (Mylabris) bihumerosa Marseul, 1872
Mylabris (Mylabris) escherichi Voigts, 1901
Mylabris (Mylabris) tristigma (Gerstaecker, 1854)⇒ Hycleus tristigma Gerstacker, 1854
Mylabris (Mylabris) unicincta (Linell, 1869)⇒ Myladina unguiculina Reitter, 1889
Mylabris amplectens (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Mylabris bihumerosa Marseul, 1872
Mylabris sjoestedti (Borchmann, 1910)⇒ Hycleus sjoestedti Borchmann, 1910
Myladina unguiculina Reitter, 1889
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) peringueyi Fairmaire, 1883
Notoxus ater Panzer, 1796
Notoxus brunneus Uhmann, 1994
Notoxus buraensis Uhmann, 1999
Notoxus decorus van Hue, 1972
Notoxus hiekei Uhmann, 1990
Notoxus kibweziensis Uhmann, 1994
Notoxus lineatulus Uhmann, 1994
Notoxus pretiosus van Hille, 1975
Notoxus recticornis van Hille, 1975
Ocnodes acuductus Ancey, 1883
Ocnodes sjoestedti Gebien, 1910
Omonadus floralis Linnaeus, 1758Ant beetle
Omonadus formicarius (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Laena formaneki Schuster, 1916
Omonadus jeanneli Bonadona, 1962
Orientochile elegans Gerstaecker, 1854
Orthocis lacernatus Reitter, 1908
Phaleria prolixa Fairmaire, 1869
Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894Braconid wasp
Phanerotoma dentata Panzer, 1805
Phanerotoma saussurei Kohl, 1906
Phanerotoma variegata Szépligeti, 1914
Phrynocolus denhardti Wilke, 1921
Phrynocolus denhardti fractus Koch, 1969
Phrynocolus denhardti humeralis Koch, 1969
Phrynocolus frondosus Gerstaecker, 1871
Phrynocolus menghallensis Wilke, 1922
Phrynophanes gredleri Haag-Rutenberg, 1877
Praogena subviridis
Praogena tibialis
Psalydolytta kittenbergeri Kaszab, 1954
Psalydolytta nyassensis Kaszab, 1954
Psammophanes angulicauda Lesne, 1922
Psammophanes beccarii sudanicus Koch, 1953
Psammophanes castanopterus Haag-Rutenberg, 1875
Psammophanes catenatus Reiche, 1850
Psammophanes leakeyi Koch, 1953
Psammophanes nairobiensis Koch, 1953
Psammophanes naivashanus Lesne, 1922
Psammophanes plicatus Gerstaecker, 1871
Psammophanes plicatus multilineatus Koch, 1953
Psammophanes plicatus sulcatus Gebien, 1910
Psammophanes terrenus Lesne, 1922
Psammophanes terrenus rugilineatus Koch, 1953
Pycnomerus langelandioides Slipinski, 1984
Pycnomerus nova Slipinski, 1984
Sapintus (Sapintus) oceanicus LaFerté-Séne..., 1849
Scraptia maxima Pic, 1903
Sepidium scebelianum Mal, 1986
Sitaris (Sitaris) muralis Förster, 1771
Somalarthrocera savanicola Turco & Bologna, 2008
Sphaeromorda nummata Pankow, 1974
Sternocera castanea Olivier, 1790
Sternocera castanea boucardii Saunders, 1874
Sternocera castanea castanea Oliver, 1790
Sternocera hildebrandti Harold, 1878
Sternocera hunteri Waterhouse, 1889
Sternocera orissa Buquet, 1837Giant jewel beetle
Sternocera orissa luctifera Klug, 1855
Sternocera syriaca Saunders, 1874
Sternocera syriaca syriaca Saunders, 1874
Strongylium mirabile
Sybaris andersoni Pic, 1932
Syzeton (Syzeton) nairobianus Pic, 1914
Tomoderus cantaloubei Bonadona, 1959
Ulomina carinata Baudi di Selve, 1876
Vieta grisea Gridelli, 1939
Vietomorpha abyssinica Mal, 1986
Vietomorpha foveipennis Fairmaire, 1887
Xylographus rufipennis Pic, 1934
Zoianaspis subaptera Franciscolo, 1994
Zonitoschema nigrimembris Pic, 1913

Subnodes of Tenebrionoidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyAderidae
Winkler, 1927
Ant-like leaf beetles, Antlike leaf beetles
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAnthicidae
Latreille, 1819
Ant beetles, ant like flower beetle, Ant-like beetles, Ant-like flower beetles, Antlike flower beetles
12
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCiidae
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
Minute tree fungus beetles, Minute Tree-Fungus Beetle, Minute tree-fungus beetles, Shelf Fungus Beetles
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
17
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMordellidae
Latreille, 1802
Pintail beetles, tumbling flower beetle, Tumbling flower beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycteridae
Blanchard, 1845
Mycterid beetles, palm and flower beetle, Palm and flower beetles, Palm beetles and flower beetles
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOedemeridae
Latreille, 1810
False Blister Beetle, False blister beetles, Flower Beetles, Pollen-feeding beetles, Thick-Legged Flower Beetles
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySalpingidae
Leach, 1815
narrow-waisted bark beetle, Narrow-waisted bark beetles, Narrow-wasted bark beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScraptiidae
Mulsant, 1856
Antlike leaf beetles, false flower beetle, False flower beetles, Scraptiid beetles
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms, Mealworms, Toktokkie beetles
74
66
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyZopheridae
Solier, 1834
Cylindrical bark beetles, ironclad beetle, Ironclad beetles, Zopherids
9
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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