Subfamily Stenochiinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Black Beetle - Alobates pensylvanicus - male

Climbing up the trunk of a small Black Cherry tree - Strongylium tenuicolle

Bronze Beetle - Dorsal - Strongylium crenatum

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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 2:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 11:14am

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