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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Family Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Ohio's tenebrionid fauna

By Triplehorn C.
The Ohio Coleopterist 2(2), 1993

A note summarizing OH records, packed with most helpful general info, and delightfully written by a famous entomologist.
as of 10.ix.2013, no longer available online; i can't believe i didn't save a copy...

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Contributed by v belov on 8 December, 2010 - 4:30pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Flightless beetles in Appalachian “deserts”: studies on the distribution and localized habitats of some ... Tenebrionidae

By Steiner W.E.
Virginia Mus. Nat. Hist. Special Publication 7: 125-144, 1999

Abstract: Flightless species of darkling beetles Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae of the Appalachian region belong to the genera Ammodonus, Blapstinus, Eutochia, Helops, Meracantha, Opatrinus, Paratenetus, Phellopsis and Polypleurus. Collection records and field observations show that Appalachian "microdeserts" - the dry sandy deposits, shale barrens, and rock outcrops - are isolated habitats for a few odd species that appear to have disjunct populations and unexpected range extensions in the region. This study reviews the known distribution of these insects and their sister taxa, recognizes some distinct species assemblages, and hypothesizes the origins of present distribution patterns.

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Contributed by v belov on 8 December, 2010 - 12:55pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

The Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada

By Majka C.G., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y.
Can. Entomol. 140: 690‒713, 2008

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Contributed by v belov on 7 December, 2010 - 2:33am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Revision of the Tenebrionidae of America, north of Mexico

By Horn, George H.
American Philosophical Society, 1870

Transaction of the American Philosophical Society, 14: 253-404

Available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 23 February, 2010 - 9:34am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

A checklist of the darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Maryland...

By W.E. Steiner, Jr.
Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 15: 133-140, 2008

Full title: A checklist of the darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Maryland, with notes on the species recorded from Plummers Island through the 20th century
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An impressive 128-spp. list (109 native + 19 adventive spp.) and a plate illustrating the diversity of MD tenebrionid fauna

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:54pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Synoptic classification of the World Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family group names

By Bouchard, P., J. F. Lawrence, A. E. Davies, & A. F. Newton
Annales Zoologici 55(4): 499–530, 2005

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 8:12pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Triboliini » Flour Beetles (Tribolium) » subgenus Aphanotus (Tribolium subgenus Aphanotus) » Tribolium setosum

A New Species of Tribolium from Arizona (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

By Charles A. Triplehorn
The Coleopterists Society, 1978

A new species, Tribolium setosum, is described from Arizona. Characteristics which distinguish it from similar species are presented.

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Contributed by Hisserdude on 7 September, 2017 - 12:59am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Adelinina » Cynaeus » Larger Black Flour Beetle (Cynaeus angustus)

Cynaeus angustus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), a new alien beetle in Romania

By Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie, Maximilian Teodorescu
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64 (1): 89–94, 2021

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 2 July, 2021 - 12:38pm

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