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The darkling beetles of Ohio (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

By Triplehorn, C.A.
Thesis, Ohio State University, 159 pp [unpublished], 1952

Can be found here: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap:10:0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:osu1303158556

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 May, 2014 - 12:29am

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

Revision of Diaperini of American north of Mexico with notes on extralimital species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

By Triplehorn, C.A.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum No. 3515, 117: 349-458, 1965

Found online here.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 17 July, 2012 - 2:55am

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

The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).

By Dunford et al.
University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Dept., Gainesville, 2005

Link to on-line manuscript

Identification keys, species profiles and images, distributions in FL and eastern U.S. (east of the Mississippi), and literature.

James C. Dunford, Michael C. Thomas, and Paul M. Choate, Jr. 2005. The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Dept., Gainesville.

This manuscript is currently an initial draft. Errors undoubtedly occur and updates/changes will be made. Comments and identification of errors are welcome.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 February, 2012 - 8:41pm

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

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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

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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

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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

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

By Steiner W.E.
Bull. Biol, Soc. Wash. 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 📥︎
128-spp. list (109 native + 19 adventive) and a plate illustrating the diversity of MD teneb fauna

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

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