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family

darkling beetles
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Scientific synonyms

incl. Alleculidae Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, Cossyphodidae Wasmann, 1899, Lagriidae Fabricius, 1775, Nilionidae Champion, 1888, Petriidae, Rhysopaussidae Wasmann, 1896

Other names

= darkening beetles

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Temporal range:Jurassic - recent

Images

Omophlus proteus

Diaperis boleti

Pilobalia decorata

Functions restricted to taxon Tenebrionidae

Important groups

Cteniopodinae - Comb-clawed Beetles, Tenebrioninae
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Included taxa

Number of records: 9

subfamily Cteniopodinae Solier, 1835 - Comb-clawed Beetles
subfamily Diaperinae Latreille, 1802
subfamily Lagriinae Latreille, 1825 - long-jointed bark beetles
subfamily Nilioninae Oken, 1843
subfamily Phrenapatinae Solier, 1834
subfamily Pimeliinae Latreille, 1802
subfamily Stenochiinae Kirby, 1837
subfamily Tenebrioninae Latreille, 1802
subfamily Zolodininae Watt, 1975

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Data source info

de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Audisio, Prof. Paolo (ed.). 2006. Tenebrionoidea. Fauna Europaea version 1.1, http://www.faunaeur.org
[Data retrieved on: 24 July 2006]

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