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Subfamily Stenochiinae

Alobates pennsylvanica imago - Alobates pensylvanicus Strongylium aulicum Mäklin - Strongylium aulicum Cibdelis blaschkei ? - Cibdelis False Mealworm Beetle - Alobates pensylvanicus Strongylium tenuicolle Strongylium terminatum Teneb -3 - Xylopinus saperdoides Beetle  - Alobates pensylvanicus
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., Lawrence J.F., Davies A.E., Newton A.F. 2005. Ann. Zool. 55: 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.