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Species Centronopus calcaratus


Notes on the genus Centronopus Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
By Triplehorn C.A., Steiner W.E., Wappes J.E.
Col. Bull. 58: 245-246, 2004

Redefinition of the Opatrine tribes in North America with notes on some apterous genera (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae:Tenebrionina)
By Rolf L. Aalbu and Charles A. Triplehorn
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 272-280, 1985
Read online free at JSTOR.

Reevaluation of Blapimorpha and Opatrinae: addressing a major phylogeny-classification gap in darkling beetles (Coleoptera: ...)
By Kamiński M.J., Lumen R., Kanda K., Iwan D., Johnston M.A., Kergoat G.J., Bouchard P., Bai X.L., Li X.M., Ren G.D., Smith A.D.
Syst. Entomol. 46: 140–156, 2021

A revised subfamily classification of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera)
By J. C. Watt
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1:4, 381-452, 1974

New records of three non-native darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) established in California and Nevada, USA
By Steiner W.E., Swearingen J.M.
Col. Bull. 69: 22-26, 2015

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

New assignments among the genera Haplandrus LeConte, Metaclisa Jacquelin Du Val and Tharsus LeConte with descriptions...
By Steiner W.E.
Ann. Zool. 66: 529-550, 2016
Full title: New assignments among the genera Haplandrus LeConte, Metaclisa Jacquelin Du Val and Tharsus LeConte with descriptions of larvae and pupae and a new genus for North America (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.4.005

The Tenebrionidae of California: a time sensitive snapshot assessment
By Aalbu R.L., Smith A.D.
ZooKeys 415: 9-22, 2014