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Subfamily Blaptinae

Darkling Beetle - Eleodes obscura Darkling Beetle - Eleodes acuticauda Eleodes sp. - Eleodes subcylindrica 3037564 teneb - Eleodes obscura Eleodes from Nevada - Eleodes hispilabris Eleodes hispilabris ? - Eleodes hispilabris Eleodes rileyi rileyi - Eleodes rileyi - male Genus Blapstinus - Blapstinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Blaptinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Blaptinae Leach 1815
Numbers
∼4000 spp. in >280 genera of 7 tribes total(1)
Works Cited
1.Reevaluation of Blapimorpha and Opatrinae: addressing a major phylogeny-classification gap in darkling beetles (Coleoptera: ...)
Kamiński M.J., Lumen R., Kanda K., Iwan D., Johnston M.A., Kergoat G.J., Bouchard P., Bai X.L., Li X.M., Ren G.D., Smith A.D. 2021. Syst. Entomol. 46: 140–156.