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

Tribe Cryptoglossini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Tenebrionid Beetle - Cryptoglossa variolosa Asbolus sp. - Asbolus papillosus unknown beetle - Cryptoglossa variolosa Darkling Beetle - Asbolus verrucosus Schizillus laticeps - Asbolus papillosus Death-feigning Beetle? - Cryptoglossa spiculifera Desert Stink Beetle, perhaps - Asbolus mexicanus
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 Pimeliinae
Tribe Cryptoglossini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Centriopterini
Explanation of Names
Cryptoglossini LeConte 1862 nomen protectum
Numbers
3 genera, with 11 spp. in our area and 15 spp. total(1)
Range
sw US & Mexico(1)
Print References
Aalbu R.L. (1985) Systematics and biology of the Cryptoglossini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State U. 329 pp. [unpublished]
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 Hartmut Wisch on 5 December, 2006 - 7:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 December, 2018 - 2:35pm

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