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Species Tenebrio molitor - yellow mealworm


A Checklist of the Darkling Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Maryland...
By Warren E. Steiner, Jr.
Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington:133-140, 2008
An impressive 128-spp. list (109 native + 19 adventive spp.) and a plate illustrating the diversity of MD tenebrionid fauna. [Full text]

Synoptic classification of the World Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family group names
By Bouchard, P., J. F. Lawrence, A. E. Davies, & A. F. Newton
Annales Zoologici 55(4): 499–530, 2005

A contribution to the phylogeny of the Ciidae and its relationships with other Cucujoid and Tenebrionoid beetles
By Buder, G., C. Grossmann, A. Hundsdoerfer & K.-D. Klass
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 66(2): 165–190, 2008

The Coleoptera of Florida
By Schwarz, E. A. 1878.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 353–472., 1878
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Schwarz, E.A. 1878. The Coleoptera of Florida. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 353–472.

Catalogue of the Described Coleoptera of the United States
By Friedrich Ernst Melsheimer, revised by S.S. Haldeman and J.L. Le Conte. 1853.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1853
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Lists original publication for each beetle species described prior to January 1852.

Melsheimer, F.E. 1853. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United States. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., xvi + 174 pp.

The Beetles of the United States: A Manual for Identification.
By Ross H. Arnett, Jr. 1968.
The American Entomological Institute, Ann Arbor, MI., 1968
The Beetles of the United States was the predecessor of American Beetles, vol (1) & (2)

There were four additional printings.

Arnett, R.H., Jr. 1968. The Beetles of the United States: A Manual for Identification. The American Entomological Institute, Ann Arbor, MI. xii + 1112 pp

Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
By Charles W. Leng. 1920.
John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY., 1920
"The Leng Catalogue" was an important early North American beetle catalog...

Leng, C.W. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.

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Leng, C.W. & A.J. Mutchler. 1933. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico, Second and Third Supplements 1925 to 1932 (inclusive). John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. 112 pp. FULL TEXT

Catalogue of the beetles of Alabama
By Henry Peter Loding. 1945.
Wetumpka Printing Co., Wetumpka, AL., 1945
Data for each species mostly restricted to County(s) and month(s) collected.

Loding, an amateur naturalist, resided in Mobile and contributed more to the study of Alabama Coleoptera than anyone else. His catalogue listed 88 families, 1,041 genera, and 2,770 species and varieties, including 259 forms of 83 genera of Chrysomelidae. His collection is presently maintained at the University of Alabama, University, Alabama.

Loding, H.P. 1945. Catalogue of the beetles of Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 11: 1-172.