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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Superfamily Tenebrionoidea - Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles

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)
Numbers
Archeocrypticidae - Archeocrypticid Beetles (Cryptic Fungus Beetles) [chapter 97 (1)]
Ciidae - Minute Tree-fungus Beetles [chapter 98 (1)]
Tetratomidae - Polypore Fungus Beetles [chapter 99 (1)]
Melandryidae - False Darkling Beetles [chapter 100 (1)]
Mordellidae - Tumbling Flower Beetles [chapter 101 (1)]
Rhipiphoridae - Wedge-shaped Beetles [chapter 102 (1)]
Colydiidae - Cylindrical Bark Beetles [chapter 103 (1)]
Monommatidae - Oppossum Beetles [chapter 104 (1)] (included in Zopheridae)
Zopheridae - Ironclad Beetles [chapter 105 (1)]
Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles [chapter 106 (1)]
Prostomidae - Jugular-horned Beetles [chapter 107 (1)]
Synchroidae - Synchroa Bark Beetles [chapter 108 (1)]
Oedemeridae - False Blister Beetles [chapter 109 (1)]
Stenotrachelidae - False Longhorn Beetles [chapter 110 (1)] (=Cephaloidae)
Meloidae - Blister Beetles [chapter 111 (1)]
Mycteridae - Palm and Flower Beetles [chapter 112 (1)]
Boridae - Conifer Bark Beetles [chapter 113 (1)]
Pythidae - Dead Log Beetles [chapter 114 (1)]
Pyrochroidae - Fire-Colored Beetles [chapter 115 (1)]
Salpingidae - Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles [chapter 116 (1)]
Anthicidae - Antlike Flower Beetles [chapter 117 (1)]
Aderidae - Antlike Leaf Beetles [chapter 118 (1)]
Scraptiidae - False Flower Beetles [chapter 119 (1)]
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)