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Superfamily Tenebrionoidea - Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles

beetles - Bothrotes canaliculatus Bothrotes plumbeus (Tenebrionidae) in Colorado Springs - Bothrotes plumbeus Big Head Beetle - Epicauta rileyi Mordella sp. Alobates pennsylvanica? - Alobates pennsylvanica At the patio light one day after the first monsoon storm - Duboisius Hyla femoralis - Endeitoma granulata Margined blister beetle - Epicauta funebris
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
Mycetophagidae - Hairy Fungus Beetles [chapter 96 (1)]
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)]
Zopheridae - Ironclad Beetles [chapters 103, 104 & 105 (1)] (incl. Monommatidae & Colydiidae)
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.)