Tenebrionidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamiliae (11): Alleculinae – Blaptinae – Cossyphodinae – Diaperinae – Kuhitangiinae – Lagriinae – Nilioninae – Phrenapatinae – Pimeliinae – Stenochiinae – Tenebrioninae – Zolodininae – [source: Bouchard et al. (2005)]

Overview of genera

Accanthopus – Centorus – Echinotus – Foranotum – Leptoderis – Pulposipes – Stenocara – Sternotrigon – Syachis – …

Name

Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802

Synonyms

References

Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.

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.
Ando, K. & Ruzzier, E. 2016. New species of Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 4175(5): 480–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.6. Reference page.
Ba, Y.-B. & Ren, G.-D. 2013. Taxonomy of Syachis Bates (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of two new species from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 38(1): 104–108. Internet Archive. Reference page.
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.
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Aalbu, R.L., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Merkl, O.(†) & Davies, A.E. 2021. Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys 1050: 1–633. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 Reference page.
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(4): 499–530. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Bouchard, P. & Smith, A.D. (eds.) 2014. Proceedings of the Third International Tenebrionoidea Symposium, Arizona, USA, 2013. ZooKeys 415: 1–336. Reference page.
Bousquet, Y., Thomas, D.B., Bouchard, P., Smith, A.D., Aalbu, R.L., Johnston, M.A. & Steiner Jr., W.E. 2018. Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys 728: 1–455. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602, PMC: 5799738 PMID: 29416389 Reference page.
Carrara, R. & Flores, G.E. 2015. Endemic epigean Tenebrionids (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Andean Region: exploring the patagonian–diversification hypothesis. Zootaxa 4007(1): 47–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Doyen, J.T.; Lawrence, J.F. 1979: Relationships and higher classification of some Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 4: 333–377.
Ferrer, J. 2015. Revision of the genus Leptoderis Billberg, 1820 with comments about the origin, composition, anatomy and necrophagy of the tribu Elenophorini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 57(2): 19–38. PDF. Reference page.
Iwan, D., Löbl, I., Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Kamiński, M., Merkl, O., Ando, K., & Schawaller, W. (2020) Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802, In: Iwan, D. & Löbl, I. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, 5, Tenebrionidea Revised and Updated Second Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 104–475. Reference page.
Johnston, M.A., Aalbu, R.L. & Franz, N.M. 2018. An updated checklist of the Tenebrionidae sec. Bousquet et al. 2018 of the Algodones Dunes of California, with comments on checklist data practices. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24927. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24927. Reference page.
Kamiński, M.J. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the Quadrideres simplicipes species-group (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini), including description of a new species from Tanzania. Zootaxa 3986(2): 217–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.5 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Kamiński, M.J., Kanda, K., Lumen, R., Ulmer, J.W., Wirth, C.C., Bouchard, P., Aalbu, R., Mal, N. & Smith, A.D. 2019. A catalogue of the tribe Sepidiini Eschscholtz, 1829 (Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae) of the world. ZooKeys 844: 1–121. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.844.34241 . Reference page.
Kergoat, G.J., Soldati, L., Clamens, A.-L., Jourdan, H., Jabbour-Zahab, R., Genson, G., Bouchard, P. & Condamine, F.L. 2014. Higher level molecular phylogeny of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Systematic Entomology 39(3): 486–499. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12065 Reference page.
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.
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Masumoto, K. and K. Akita, 2012: A Revision of the Genus Hoploedipinus Kaszab (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) Part 2. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 18 (2):
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
Nabozhenko, M.V. & Sadeghi, S. 2017. Foranotum perforatum gen. et sp. nov.—a new troglobitic darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Kuhitangiinae: Foranotini trib. nov.) from a cave in Southern Zagros, Iran. Zootaxa 4338(1): 163–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.9. Reference page.
Wagner, G.K. & Gosik, R. 2016. Comparative morphology of immature stages of two sympatric Tenebrionidae species, with comments on their biology. Zootaxa 4111(3): 201–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.3.1. Reference page.
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Vernacular names

беларуская: Чарнацелкі
čeština: Potemníkovití
Deutsch: Schwarzkäfer
English: darkling beetles
magyar: Gyászbogárfélék
日本語: ゴミムシダマシ科
한국어: 거저리과
lietuvių: Juodvabaliai
македонски: Брашнари
polski: Czarnuchowate
русский: Чернотелки
svenska: Svartbaggar
中文: 擬步行蟲科

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