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Checklist for Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark)
and region Northern Territory (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
418
4068
8951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
416
4061
8947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
401
3990
8816
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
3053
7147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
84
1152
3173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
77
938
2351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
42
505
950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
15
90
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Territory
15 Families width 178 Species and 2 Subspecies
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle125SpeciesTaxom
Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859False long-horned beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964Ancient Fungus Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810Blister Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Ciidae Leach, 1819Minute tree fungus beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Pintail beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834Cylindrical bark beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Boridae C. G. Thomson, 1859Borids1SpeciesTaxom
Melandryidae Leach, 1815False Darkling Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Pythidae Solier, 1834Dead log bark beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807Cardinal beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Salpingidae Leach, 1815Narrow-waisted bark beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815Hairy fungus beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Territory
90 Genera with 178 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPSTU
Achthosus Pascoe, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Adelium Kirby, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Aethyssius Pascoe, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Alphitobius Stephens, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Amarygmus Dalman, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Anelpistus Horn, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Anthelephila Hope, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Anthicus Paykull, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Australenneboeus Kaszab, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Australozonitis Bologna, Tur..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Bolbophanes Carter, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Boreosaragus Matthews, 18929SpeciesTaxom
Brises Pascoe, 19863SpeciesTaxom
Caedius Blanchard, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Cardiothorax Motschulsky, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Chalcopteroides Strand, 182615SpeciesTaxom
Chromomaea Pascoe, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Cilibe Dejean, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Cis Latreille, 1898Bracket Fungus Beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Copidita LeConte, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1921Darkling beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Csiro Medvedev & L..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Diphyrrhynchus Fairmaire, 02SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocis Dury, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Ectyche Pascoe, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Egestrina Champion, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Eleates Casey, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Eleodes Eschscholtz, 1908Clown bug1SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Hangaya Matthews & M..., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Helea Latreille, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Homotrysis Pascoe, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Hoshihananomia Kono, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Hybrenia Pascoe, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Hypaulax Bates, 18686SpeciesTaxom
Isopteron Hope, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Laena Dejean, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Lagria Fabricius, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Lasconotus Erichson, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Latheticus Waterhouse, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Lecontia Champion, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Lepturidea Fauvel, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Mecynotarsus LaFerté-Séne..., 20131SpeciesTaxom
Melaps Carter, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1837Oil Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Mesomorphus Seidlitz, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Metistete Pascoe, 19204SpeciesTaxom
Mordella Linnaeus, 19295SpeciesTaxom
Mordellina Schilsky, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Mordellistena Costa, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Mordellistenoda Ermisch, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Nocar Blackburn, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Notoxus Geoffroy, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Nyctozoilus Guérin-Ménev..., 19367SpeciesTaxom
Octotemnus Mellié, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Omolipus Pascoe, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Oncopterus Léon Fairmaire, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Orthocis Casey, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Ospidus Pascoe, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Palorus Mulsant, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Paratenetus Spinola, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Pentaphyllus Dejean, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Phaleromela Reitter, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Platyphanes Westwood, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pterohelaeus Brême, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Pytho Latreille, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Saragus Erichson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Schizillus Horn, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Schizotus Newman, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Sessinia Pascoe, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Simarus Borchmann, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Sobas Pascoe, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriestes Stephens, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Stenotrachelus Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Strongylium Kirby, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Sympetes Pascoe, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Tanychilus Newman, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Tomoxioda Ermisch, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxicum Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Tretothorax Lea, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1797Flour beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Trichananca Blackburn, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Tricrania LeConte, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Typhaea Stephens, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ulomoides Blackburn, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Upis Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Territory
178 Species and 2 Subspecies
Achthosus westwoodi Pascoe, 1863
Adelium browni Carter, 1936
Adelium capitatum Lea, 1898
Adelium geminatum Pascoe, 1870
Adelium strigipenne Bates, 1873
Adelium tropicum Blackburn, 1892
Aethyssius metallica Carter, 1930
Aethyssius viridis Boisduval, 1835
Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, 1797Leser Mealworm Beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus Fabricius, 1781Black fungus beetle
Amarygmus amplipes Carter, 1932
Amarygmus diaperioides Blackburn, 1889
Amarygmus incultus Carter, 1919
Amarygmus sulcatus Carter, 1918
Anelpistus canadensis Mank, 1942
Anthicus (Anthicus) coracinus LeConte, 1851
Anthicus (Anthicus) flavicans LeConte, 1852
Anthicus (Anthicus) lecontei Champion, 1890
Anthicus inglorius Lea, 1895
Anthicus nigritus Mannerheim, 1853Bigtooth aspen
Anthicus posttibialis Lea, 1922
Australenneboeus analis Kaszrab, 1984
Australenneboeus communis Kaszab, 1984
Australenneboeus minor Lawrence, 1994
Australozonitis longiceps Lea, 1917
Bolbophanes rugatus Carter, 1913
Boreosaragus abnormis Carter, 1933
Boreosaragus bicarinatus Champion, 1894
Boreosaragus confirmatus Pascoe, 1870
Boreosaragus crenulatus MacLeay, 1888
Boreosaragus intricatus Champion, 1894
Boreosaragus laevicollis Fabricius, 1775
Boreosaragus luridus Haag-Rutenberg, 1878
Boreosaragus subreticulatus Carter, 1918
Boreosaragus tricarinatus Blackburn, 1892
Brises acuticornis Pascoe, 1869
Brises blairi Carter, 1914
Brises katherinae Matthews, 1986
Caedius demarzi Kulzer, 1964
Caedius sphaeroides Hope, 1843
Cardiothorax politicollis Bates, 1879
Chalcopteroides bellus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides exoletus Blackburn, 1893
Chalcopteroides gilesi Carter, 1913
Chalcopteroides gracilior Blackburn, 1893
Chalcopteroides interioris Blackburn, 1890
Chalcopteroides interrogationis Gebien, 1908
Chalcopteroides minor Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides murrayensis Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides obscurus Blackburn, 1892
Chalcopteroides ocularis Blackburn, 1893
Chalcopteroides proditor Blackburn, 1899
Chalcopteroides pulcher Blackburn, 1893
Chalcopteroides smaragdulus Fabricius, 1775
Chalcopteroides spectabilis Castelnau & ..., 1831
Chalcopteroides velutinus MacLeay, 1826
Chromomaea metallica (Carter, 1930)⇒ Aethyssius metallica Carter, 1930
Cis armiger Blair, 1940
Cis fuscipes Mellié, 1848Minute tree-fungus beetle
Cis horridulus Casey, 1898
Cis pistorius Casey, 1898
Cis striolatus Casey, 1898
Copidita illota Lea, 1917
Corticeus (Cnemophloeus) australis Champion, 1894
Corticeus praetermissus Fall, 1926Overlooked Darkling Beetle
Corticeus ulomoides Blair, 1921
Csiro (Csiro) subparallela Champion, 1894
Diphyrrhynchus (Neoabantis) ellipticus
Diphyrrhynchus (Neoabantis) nicobaricus
Dolichocis manitoba Dury, 1919
Ectyche bicolor Carter, 1918
Egestrina sulcicollis Blackburn, 1896
Eleates depressus Randall, 1838
Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis F. Grinnell, 1908
Gonocephalum carpentariae Blackburn, 1894Northern false wireworm
Gonocephalum cowardense Blackburn, 1894
Gonocephalum walkeri Champion, 1894False wireworm
Hangaya enigmatica Matthews & M..., 2015
Helea crenatipennis Carter, 1910
Helea derbyensis MacLeay, 1888
Helea hopei Brême, 1842
Helea squamosa Pascoe, 1869
Homotrysis canescens Hope, 1843
Homotrysis rufipilis (Carter, 1928)⇒ Metistete rufipilis Carter, 1928
Hybrenia dentipes (Carter, 1929)⇒ Metistete dentipes Carter, 1929
Hypaulax ampliata Bates, 1874
Hypaulax insularis Hope, 1843
Hypaulax interioris Blackburn, 1889
Hypaulax nana Carter, 1921
Hypaulax spenceri Carter, 1914
Hypaulax tarda Bates, 1868
Isopteron antennatum Kulzer, 1964
Laena cardiothorax Kaszab, 1978
Lagria australis Champion, 1895
Lagria cyanea MacLeay, 1872
Lasconotus borealis G. Horn, 1878
Lasconotus intricatus Kraus, 1912Puget fishlouse
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880Long-headed Flour Beetle
Lecontia discicollis LeConte, 1850
Lepturidea metallica Carter, 1930
Lepturidea viridis Boisduval, 1835
Mecynotarsus centralis Kejval & Cz, 2013
Melaps glaber Carter, 1920
Meloe (Meloe) impressus Kirby, 1837
Meloe (Meloe) niger (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Meloe impressa Kirby, 1837
Mesomorphus villiger Blanchard, 1853Beetle
Metistete dentipes Carter, 1929
Metistete opaca Carter, 1918
Metistete rufipilis Carter, 1928
Metistete torrida Carter, 1920
Mordella aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Mordella atrata atrata Melsheimer, 1845
Mordella marginata marginata marginata Me..., 1845
Mordella melaena Germar, 1824
Mordella tetrastictoptera Lea, 1929
Mordellina ancilla LeConte, 1862
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) marginalis Say, 1824
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) melvillensis Lea, 1917
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) pulcherima Lea, 1917
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) rhizophorae Lea, 1925
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) unicolor LeConte, 1862
Mordellistena pulcherrima Lea, 1917
Mordellistenoda australiensis Ermisch, 1963
Nocar australicus Blackburn, 1889
Notoxus anchora Hentz, 1827
Nyctozoilus granulatus Carter, 1930
Nyctozoilus irregularis Blackburn, 1896
Nyctozoilus laevipennis Haag-Rutenberg, 1878
Nyctozoilus major Blackburn, 1890
Nyctozoilus punctocostatus Carter, 1921
Nyctozoilus sexcostatus Champion, 1894
Nyctozoilus subsculptus Carter, 1936
Octotemnus walkeri Blair, 1940
Omolipus bimetallicus Carter, 1915
Omolipus coeruleus Carter, 1918
Omolipus punctatosulcatus Carter, 1920
Oncopterus acantholophus Fairmaire, 1887
Orchesia (Orchesia) cultriformis Laliberte, 1966
Orthocis punctatus Mellié, 1849Great Basin tadpole shrimp
Ospidus vestitus Carter, 1919
Palorus intermedius Halstead, 1967
Palorus subdepressus Wollaston, 1864Depressed flour beetle
Paratenetus fuscus LeConte, 1850
Pentaphyllus pygmaeus Champion, 1894
Phaleromela variegata Triplehorn, 1961
Phryganophilus (Pseudophryganophilus) collaris LeConte, 1859
Platydema dextracornutum Kulzer, 1964
Platyphanes chalcopteroides Carter, 1913
Pterohelaeus arcanus Pascoe, 1870
Pterohelaeus costatus MacLeay, 1887
Pterohelaeus insularis Brême, 1842
Pterohelaeus parvipunctatus Carter, 1921
Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837
Pytho niger (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Pseudoplatyope niger Pierre, 1964
Pytho seidlitzi Blair, 1925
Saragus sphaeroides Carter, 1911
Schizillus laticeps Horn, 1874
Schizotus cervicalis Newman, 1838Flaming-Pillow Beetle
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) substriatus Haldeman, 1848Striated False Darkling Beetle
Simarus carinatus Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Simarus rubicunda Carter, 1920
Sobas minor Carter, 1937
Sphaeriestes (Sphaeriestes) virescens LeConte, 1850
Stenotrachelus aeneus Fabricius, 1787
Strongylium corrugatum Carter, 1915
Strongylium demarzi Kulzer, 1966
Strongylium koala Kaszab, 1977
Strongylium krali Masumoto, 2003
Tanychilus pulcher Carter, 1915
Toxicum punctipenne Pascoe, 1866
Tretothorax cleistostoma Lea, 1911
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Trichananca nigripennis Lea, 1917
Tricrania stansburii Haldeman, 1852
Typhaea stercorea Linnaeus, 1758Hairy fungus beetle
Ulomoides macleayi Carter, 1926
Ulomoides xamiaphila Carter, 1920
Upis ceramboides Linnaeus, 1758Roughened darkling beetle

Subnodes of Tenebrionoidea with occurrences in Northern Territory
FamilyAnthicidae
Latreille, 1819
Ant beetles, ant like flower beetle, Ant-like beetles, Ant-like flower beetles, Antlike flower beetles
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyArcheocrypticidae
Kaszab, 1964
Ancient Fungus Beetles, Cryptic fungus beetles
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyBoridae
C. G. Thomson, 1859
Borids, Conifer bark beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCiidae
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
Minute tree fungus beetles, Minute Tree-Fungus Beetle, Minute tree-fungus beetles, Shelf Fungus Beetles
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMordellidae
Latreille, 1802
Pintail beetles, tumbling flower beetle, Tumbling flower beetles
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophagidae
Leach, 1815
hairy fungus beetle, Hairy fungus beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOedemeridae
Latreille, 1810
False Blister Beetle, False blister beetles, Flower Beetles, Pollen-feeding beetles, Thick-Legged Flower Beetles
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrochroidae
Latreille, 1807
Cardinal beetles, Fire beetles, Fire-colored beetles, Fire-coloured beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPythidae
Solier, 1834
Dead log bark beetles, Dead Log Beetles, Pythid beetles
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyStenotrachelidae
C. G. Thomson, 1859
False long-horned beetles, False longhorn beetles
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms, Mealworms, Toktokkie beetles
57
125
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyZopheridae
Solier, 1834
Cylindrical bark beetles, ironclad beetle, Ironclad beetles, Zopherids
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Tenebrionoidea at artfakta.se
Tenebrionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Tenebrionoidea at itis.gov