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Checklist for Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark)
and region Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
6372
16248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
6368
16244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
487
6239
15904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
5004
13441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
87
2069
5632
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
79
1862
5042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
37
1100
2480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
15
82
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Venezuela
15 Families width 99 Species and 2 Subspecies
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle23SpeciesTaxom
Aderidae Winkler, 1927Ant-like leaf beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834Cylindrical bark beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Ciidae Leach, 1819Minute tree fungus beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810Blister Beetle18SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Pintail beetles22SpeciesTaxom
Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845Mycterid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Salpingidae Leach, 1815Narrow-waisted bark beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Pythidae Solier, 1834Dead log bark beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Melandryidae Leach, 1815False Darkling Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Prostomidae C. G. Thomson, 1859Jugular-horned beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856Antlike leaf beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815Hairy fungus beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Venezuela
74 Genera with 99 Species
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Acanthinus LaFerté-Séne..., 18484SpeciesTaxom
Acropteron Perty, 1832
0SpeciesTaxom
Adelina Hesse, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Aderus Stephens, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Alaetrinus Iwan, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Alegoria Castelnau, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Anarmostes Pascoe, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Anthicus Paykull, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Archaeoglenes Broun, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Aulonium Erichson, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Blapstinus Sturm, 1826
0SpeciesTaxom
Calymmus Montrouzier, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Camaria Audinet-Serv..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Chaetyllus Pascoe, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Cis Latreille, 1849Bracket Fungus Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Cissites Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Copidita LeConte, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1801Darkling beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cothurus Champion, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Cymatothes Dejean, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Elonus Casey, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Epicauta Dejean, 1848Burning Blister Beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Epitragodes Casey, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Epitragus Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Glipodes LeConte, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Hemipeplus Latreille, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Holcopyge Champion, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hyporhagus Thomson, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Ipsimorpha Reitter, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Ischyomius Chevrolat, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Ischyropalpus LaFerté-Séne..., 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Lanthanus Champion, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Lelegeis Champion, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Liodema Horn, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Lissodema Curtis, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Lobogestoria Reitter, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Lobometopon Casey, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1815Oil Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Meralius Casey, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Mordella Linnaeus, 06SpeciesTaxom
Mordellistena Costa, 19309SpeciesTaxom
Mylaris Pallas, 1781
0SpeciesTaxom
Neomida Mulsant, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Noserinus Casey, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Opatrinus Dejean, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Paratomoxia Ermisch, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Peneta Lacordaire, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Phaleria Latreille, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Phrenapates Kirby, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Phymatestes Pascoe, 1867
0SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 18783SpeciesTaxom
Polemiotus Casey, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Porculus Lawrence, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Promethis Pascoe, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Prostomis Latreille, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodellamora Ermisch, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Pycnomerus Erichson, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Pyrota Dejean, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Reynoldsiella Ray, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Sapintus Casey, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Scraptia Latreille, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Spastica Lacordaire, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Spinhyporhagus Freude, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Stenalia Mulsant, 19493SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscapha Frederick Bates, 1873
0SpeciesTaxom
Tetraonyx Gray, 18795SpeciesTaxom
Tribolium MacLeay, 1797Flour beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Typhaea Stephens, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Vacusus Casey, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Zonitis Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Zopherus Hope, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Zypoetes Champion, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
99 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acanthinus aequinoctialis LaFerté-Séne..., 1849
Acanthinus bordoni Werner, 1970
Acanthinus quinquemaculatus LaFerté-Séne..., 1849
Acanthinus spinicollis LaFerté-Séne..., 1848
Adelina plana Fabricius, 1801Darkling beetle
Aderus tovarensis Pic, 1921
Aderus venezuelensis Pic, 1902
Alaetrinus pullus Sahlberg, 1823
Anarmostes ater Dajoz, 1984
Anarmostes elongatus Dajoz, 1984
Anthicus (Anthicus) margaritae Werner, 1983
Anthicus (Anthicus) thyreocephalus Solsky, 1867
Aulonium angustatum Pascoe, 1863
Camaria purpureomicans
Cis convexus Mellié, 1849
Cis creberrimus Mellié, 1849
Cissites maculata Swederus, 1787
Copidita thonalmus Darlington, 1936
Corticeus rufipes Fabricius, 1801
Cothurus bordoni Franciscolo, 1987Williamson´s Emerald
Cymatothes nebulosus Fabricius, 1781
Elonus tovarensis Pic, 1921
Epicauta (Epicauta) albicincta Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) apure Adams & Sela..., 1979
Epicauta (Epicauta) aragua Adams & Sela..., 1979
Epicauta (Epicauta) carmelita Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) grammica Fischer, 1827
Epicauta (Epicauta) tetragramma Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) thoracica Erichson, 1843
Epicauta (Epicauta) villipes Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Macrobasis) flagellaria Erichson, 1848Black-tipped Darner
Epitragus aurulentus Kirsch, 1866
Glipodes bordoni Franciscolo, 1990
Hemipeplus angustipennis Pollock, 1999
Holcopyge meridionalis Champion, 1890
Hyporhagus rozei (Freude, 1962)⇒ Spinhyporhagus rozei Freude, 1962
Ipsimorpha scribae Reitter, 1877
Ischyomius escalonai Pollock, 2009
Lanthanus caesus (Seidlitz, 1916)⇒ Lissodema caesus Seidlitz, 1916
Lelegeis nigrifrons Chevrolat, 1878
Liodema connexa Bates, 1873
Liodema maculata Fabricius, 1801
Lissodema caesus Seidlitz, 1916
Lobogestoria gibbicollis Reitter, 1878Saffron-flowered lupine
Meloe (Treiodous) laevis (Leach, 1815)⇒ Promethis laevis Fairmaire, 1896
Meralius furcatus Kirsch, 1866
Mordella bivittata Ray, 1930
Mordella priscula Cockerell, 1924
Mordella reynoldsi Ray, 1930
Mordella testaceohumeralis Pic, 1936
Mordella testaceohumeralis inhumeralis
Mordella testaceohumeralis testaceohumeralis
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) carinata Ray, 1930
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) championi (Ray, 1930)⇒ Stenalia balcanica Franciscolo, 1949
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) chapini Ray, 1937
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) coelioxys Lea, 1917
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) parallela Ray, 1930
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) semilutea Ray, 1930
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) tenuis Fairmaire, 1892
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) trichura Lea, 1917
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) venezuelensis Ray, 1930
Neomida hoffmanseggii Laporte de C..., 1831
Neomida picea Laporte de C..., 1831
Opatrinus clathratus Fabricius, 1792
Paratomoxia (Paratomoxia) pulchella Ermisch, 1949
Peneta nevermanni Gebien, 1928
Phaleria picipes Say, 1824
Phaleria thinophila Watrous & Tr..., 1982
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) caracasensis Pic, 1917
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) mexicana Champion, 1889
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) undulata Pic, 1917
Platydema erotyloides Chevrolat, 1878
Platydema pretiosa Champion, 1886
Platydema quindecimmaculata Chevrolat, 1878
Porculus brunneus Mellié, 1849
Porculus grossus Lawrence, 1987
Promethis proteus Kaszab, 1988
Prostomis apoica Schawaller, 2003
Pseudodellamora championi Schilsky, 1899
Pseudodellamora distinguenda Ermisch, 1963
Pycnomerus arizonicus Stephan, 1989
Pyrota nigra Selander, 1983
Reynoldsiella parallela Ray, 1930
Sapintus (Sapintus) canaliculatus Werner, 1983
Scraptia pallidicolor Pic, 1920
Spastica glandulosa Erichson, 1848
Spinhyporhagus rozei Freude, 1962
Stenalia araxicola Khnzoryan, 1957
Stenalia ascaniaenovae Lazorko, 1975
Stenalia balcanica Franciscolo, 1949
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) badeni Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) decorata Kirsch, 1866
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) diluta Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) moritzi Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) variabilis Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du..., 1863Confused flour beetle
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum Herbst, 1797Bran bug.
Typhaea stercorea Linnaeus, 1758Hairy fungus beetle
Zopherus chilensis Gray, 1832

Subnodes of Tenebrionoidea with occurrences in Venezuela
FamilyAderidae
Winkler, 1927
Ant-like leaf beetles, Antlike leaf beetles
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAnthicidae
Latreille, 1819
Ant beetles, ant like flower beetle, Ant-like beetles, Ant-like flower beetles, Antlike flower beetles
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCiidae
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
Minute tree fungus beetles, Minute Tree-Fungus Beetle, Minute tree-fungus beetles, Shelf Fungus Beetles
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
7
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMordellidae
Latreille, 1802
Pintail beetles, tumbling flower beetle, Tumbling flower beetles
8
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyMycteridae
Blanchard, 1845
Mycterid beetles, palm and flower beetle, Palm and flower beetles, Palm beetles and flower beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyProstomidae
C. G. Thomson, 1859
jugular-horned beetle, Jugular-horned beetles, Red Log Beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilySalpingidae
Leach, 1815
narrow-waisted bark beetle, Narrow-waisted bark beetles, Narrow-wasted bark beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScraptiidae
Mulsant, 1856
Antlike leaf beetles, false flower beetle, False flower beetles, Scraptiid beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTenebrionidae
Latreille, 1802
Darkling Beetle, Darkling beetles, False wireworms, Mealworms, Toktokkie beetles
37
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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