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Superfamily Tenebrionoidea - Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles

 
 
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A monographic revision of the Coleoptera belonging to the Tenebrionide tribe Eleodiini inhabiting the United States
Cited in the above-linked pdf:

Blaisdell, Frank Ellsworth. 1909. A monographic revision of the Coleoptera belonging to the Tenebrionide tribe Eleodiini inhabiting the United States, lower California, and adjacent islands. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 63: xi + 524 pp., 13 pl.

Tenebrionidae of Wisconsin
Gives Wisconsin records, has some linked photos of specimens.

The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States
Best coverage is of Florida. Linked PDF files for subfamilies have keys, photos of specimens.

Meloidae.com
Displays identified photos of several blister beetles; follow the link from the Meloid beetle on the home page.

Blister Beetles--Featured Creatures
University of Florida Extension document describing Blister Beetles found in that state. An annotated checklist, with some linked images, life history, lists of hostplants, and references.

Another version is at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_IN323

Coleop-Terra
Photographical catalog of tropical beetles,
including topics like evolution, morphology, physiology and biogeography of tropical beetles.
I am also working on a catalog of the Holotypes of the university of Hamburg.
If you have suggestions, please let me know.
Robert Perger

Checklist of Coleoptera Known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
This is the 2006 website for the Great Smoky Mountains ATBI Coleoptera project. We are adding species webpages as we write them and they are linked to the excel checklist. Go to the checklist page from this opening page.

Ohio Coleopterists
This is the site of an organization called Ohio Coleopterists. Of particular interest are a number of back issues of newsletters, with articles on such topics as rearing beetles and unusual collecting methods.

As of my October 2005 visit, the site appears to be no longer updated, but I found the newsletter backfile most useful and interesting. One article described finding an unused baseball diamond populated by wasps who caught and paralyzed Buprestid beetles. The author described wasps flying from all directions with dozens and dozens of buprestids of a number of different species! Lo

 
 
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