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Species Tenebrio molitor - yellow mealworm

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Coleoptera - Beetles

Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea - Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles

Family Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Tribe Tenebrionini

Genus Tenebrio - Mealworm beetles

Species molitor - yellow mealworm

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