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Subfamily Stenochiinae

Beetle - Alobates pensylvanicus Darkling beetle (4) - Xylopinus saperdoides Jarbidge Darkling - Coelocnemis Brown, punctate beetle - Strongylium crenatum Polypleurus perforatus coleoptera - Strongylium tenuicolle Coelocnemis californica - Coelocnemis dilaticollis Darkling Beetle - Strongylium tenuicolle
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 Stenochiinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelometopinae(1)
Explanation of Names
Stenochiinae Kirby 1837
Numbers
3 tribes, with >50 spp. in 13 genera in our area(2)
Size
5-45 mm(2)
Range
Across the continent(2)
Works Cited
1.Synoptic classification of the World Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family group names
Bouchard, P., J. F. Lawrence, A. E. Davies, & A. F. Newton. 2005. Annales Zoologici 55(4): 499–530.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.