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Genus Blapstinus

Darkling Beetle - Blapstinus metallicus Tenebrionidae sp. - Blapstinus metallicus 062812Beetle2 - Blapstinus fortis 1126C01 - Blapstinus Alaetrinus minimus - Blapstinus fortis Black Beetle - Blapstinus fortis Tenebrionidae - Blapstinus brevicollis Unknown Beetle - Blapstinus histricus
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 Opatrini
Genus Blapstinus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
needs revision; see also (1)
Explanation of Names
Blapstinus Sturm 1826
Numbers
26 spp. in our area, >50 more in Mesoamerica(2)
Identification
Key to spp. in (1)
Range
mostly neotropical group ranging north into Canada(2)
Remarks
TX species: (2) [temp for reference (BB)]
castaneus (w TX)
debilis (rare, 3rd & 4th antennals short and equal)
fortis
fuscus
histricus
pimalis (w TX)
pratensis (> 5mm, reduced wings)
substriatus (w TX)
vandykei (pronotum truncate apically, extreme southern TX)
vestitus (< 5mm, reduced wings)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Blapstinus Sturm of America north of Mexico with notes on extralimital species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
J.C. Davis. 1970. Thesis. The Ohio State University.
2.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 1 December, 2006 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 March, 2024 - 11:24am

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