Genus Centronopus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

15mm dark tenebrionid - Centronopus calcaratus - male

Darkling beetle (3) - Centronopus calcaratus - male

Darkling Beetle - Centronopus calcaratus

false wireworm - Centronopus calcaratus - male

Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Centronopus calcaratus

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 Tenebrioninae

Tribe Centronopini

Genus Centronopus

Explanation of Names

Centronopus Solier 1848

Numbers

2 spp. in our area (both in the subg. Menechides Motschulsky 1872), several more spp. in 2 subgenera in Mesoamerica(1)

Range

neotropical group ranging into e Canada(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 March, 2006 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2018 - 1:55pm

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