Tenebrionidae

Heliotaurus ruficollis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamiliae (10): Alleculinae - Cossyphodinae - Diaperinae - Lagriinae - Nilioninae - Phrenapatinae - Pimeliinae - Stenochiinae - Tenebrioninae - Zolodininae
[source: Bouchard et al. (2005)]

Genera incertae sedis (2)

Accanthopus – Stenocara

Name

Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802

Synonyms

• Alleculidae
• Lagriidae

References

cited sources

• Bouchard, P.; Lawrence, J.F.; Davies, A.E.; Newton, A.F. 2005: Synoptic classification of the world Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family-group names. Annales zoologici, 55: 499-530. PDF
• Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL

additional references

• ANDO, K. 2003: A New Tenebrionid Genus from Borneo, with Description of a New Species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Entomological Review of Japan 58 (2): 107-112.
• Becvar, S. & L. Purchart, 2008: Revision of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodaloninae), with description of Malaysphena gen. nov. Acta Zoologici 58 (1): 35-70.
• Doyen, J.T.; Lawrence, J.F. 1979: Relationships and higher classification of some Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 4: 333-377.
• Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Merkl, O.; Kernegger, F. 2008: A new species of the genus Pentaphyllus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Diaperinae) from the Baltic amber and checklist of the fossil Tenebrionidae. Zoosystematica Rossica, 17(1): 131-137.
• Labrique H. 2009: Une nouvelle espèce de Scaurus F. du Sud marocain (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Société entomologique de Mulhouse 65 (1): 9-13, 5 photos coul. - Scaurus girardi n. sp.
• Lawrence, J.F.; Spilman, T.J. 1991: Tenebrionidae (Tenebrionoidea) (including Alleculidae, Cossyphodidae, Lagriidae, Nilionidae, Rhysopaussidae, Tentyriidae). Pp. 520-524 in: Lawrence, J.F. (coordinator) Order Coleoptera, in: Stehr, F.W. (ed.) Immature insects, 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, USA.
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2008 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
  ISBN 87-88757-84-6, p. 105
• Matthews, E.G.; Lawrence, J.F.; Bouchard, P.; Steiner, W.E., jr.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 11.14. Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 574-659 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
• Watt, J.C. 1975(1974): A revised subfamily classification of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand journal of zoology, 1(4): 381-452. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517846 reference page 

links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• EoL
• Tenebrionidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Bouchard, Patrice 2008. Tenebrionidae. Darkling beetles. Version 06 November 2008 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Annotated Checklist of New Zealand Tenebrionidae
• tenebrioniDBase
• Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences: Atlas of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) of Russia

Vernacular names

česky: Potemníkovití
Deutsch: Schwarzkäfer
English: darkling beetles
lietuvių: Juodvabaliai
македонски: Брашнари
日本語: ゴミムシダマシ科
polski: Czarnuchowate
русский: Чернотелки
svenska: Svartbaggar
中文: 擬步行蟲科

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