Genus Tenebrio - Mealworm beetles

Classification · Remarks

large brown tenebrionid - Tenebrio molitor

Yellow Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor) - Tenebrio

Larve - Tenebrio molitor - Tenebrio molitor

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

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)

Remarks

Two species in North America only*.

Both are mainly found in buildings and storage, but may also occur in hollow trees, their natural habitat.

*: Nearctica lists four species, but in error. T.picipes has been transferred to Neatus (and probably does occur in Europe only), T.olivensis is an African species, now also transferred to a genus quite remote from Tenebrio.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 November, 2005 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 2 April, 2007 - 6:41am

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