TENEBRIONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(darkling and flour beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Crypticus quisquilius
a darkling beetle
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 		Species 5 images
Cteniopus sulphureus
Sulphur Beetle
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 		Species 24 images 1 ident. refs
Isomira murina
a darkling beetle
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 		Species 6 images
Lagria hirta
a darkling beetle
Larva (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Melanimon tibialis
a darkling beetle
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 		Species 35 images
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
a darkling beetle
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Omophlus pubescens
Chesil Darkling Beetle
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 		Species 4 images
Opatrum sabulosum
a darkling beetle
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 		Species 6 images
Phylan gibbus
a darkling beetle
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 		Species 2 images
Tenebrio
mealworm beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brendell, M.J.D. 1975 Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects, Vol V. Part 10, 22pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buck, F.D. 1954 Coleoptera: Lagriidae, Alleculidae, Tetratomidae, Melandryidae etc Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V. Part 9, 30pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

Lagriidae/Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1947 Larvae of British Beetles VI: Tenebrionidae Ent. Mon. Mag. 83: 154-171.

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 31 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
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