Tenebrionoidea
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Tenebrionoidea is a very large and diverse superfamily
of beetle
s.
It broadly corresponds to the 'Heteromera' of earlier authors.
It contains the families:
Taxonomic rank
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Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
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It broadly corresponds to the 'Heteromera' of earlier authors.
It contains the families:
- Aderidae Winkler 1927 (antlike leaf beetles)
- Anthicidae Latreille 1819 (antlike flower beetles)
- ArcheocrypticidaeArcheocrypticidaeThe family Archeocrypticidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name cryptic fungus beetles. Adults and larvae seems to be saprophagous and are often found in plant litter. Worldwide, there are about 10 genera and 50 species, most...
Kaszab 1964 - BoridaeBoridaeThe family Boridae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles.-Taxonomy:* Genus Boros Herbst, 1797** Boros schneideri...
C. G. Thomson 1859 - ChalcodryidaeChalcodryidaeChalcodryidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.-Taxonomy:Chalcodryidae contains the following genera and species:* Genus Chalcodrya Redtenbacher, 1868** Chalcodrya bifasciata Broun, 1880** Chalcodrya calida Broun, 1880...
Watt 1974 - CiidaeCiidaeThe minute tree-fungus beetles, family Ciidae, are a sizeable group of beetles which inhabit Polyporales bracket fungi or coarse woody debris...
Leach 1819 (minute tree-fungus beetles) (= Cisidae) - MelandryidaeMelandryidaeMelandryidae or The false darkling beetles is a family of beetles in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Leach 1815 (false darkling beetles) - Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810 (blister beetleBlister beetleBlister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. There are approximately 7,500 known species worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be...
s) - MordellidaeMordellidaeMordellidae is a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling movements...
Latreille 1802 (tumbling flower beetles) - MycetophagidaeMycetophagidaeMycetophagidae or The hairy fungus beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. The different species are between 1.0 - 6.5 mm in length. The larvae and adults live in decaying leaf litter, fungi and under bark. Most species feed on fungi . Worldwide, there are about 18 genera...
Leach 1815 (hairy fungus beetleHairy Fungus BeetleMycetophagus punctatus, sometimes called the hairy fungus beetle, is a species of fungus beetle.Fungus beetles often build heavy populations throughout the late summer and early fall. These mold-feeding beetles are sometimes found in decaying plant material, damp cereals, grains, herbs, spices,...
s) - MycteridaeMycteridaeThe family Mycteridae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name palm and flower beetles.The family Mycteridae is distributed worldwide. There are about 30 genera and 160 species...
Blanchard 1845 - OedemeridaeOedemeridaeThe family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles...
Latreille 1810 (false blister beetles) - PerimylopidaePerimylopidaePerimylopidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It is now called Promecheilidae...
St. George 1939 - ProstomidaeProstomidaeThe family Prostomidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name jugular-horned beetles. They are often found in dead wood. The family consist of two genera with about 20 species. Prostomis mandibularis is known from North America. Other...
C. G. Thomson 1859 - PterogeniidaePterogeniidaePterogeniidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Crowson 1953 - Pyrochroidae Latreille 1807 (fire-colored beetles, etc.)
- PythidaePythidaeThe family Pythidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles....
Solier 1834 - RipiphoridaeRipiphoridaeThe family Ripiphoridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as wedge-shaped beetles containing some 450 species...
Gemminger and Harold 1870 (wedge-shaped beetles) ( = Rhipiphoridae) - SalpingidaeSalpingidaeSalpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. The species are small, about 1.5 - 7 mm in length...
Leach 1815 (narrow-waisted bark beetles, etc.) - ScraptiidaeScraptiidaeThe family Scraptiidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name false flower beetles. These beetles are very common and easily confused with members of the related family Mordellidae.-Genera:...
Mulsant 1856 (false flower beetles) - StenotrachelidaeStenotrachelidaeStenotrachelidae, commonly called false longhorn beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.-Classification:The false longhorn beetles belongs to the large superfamily Tenebrionoidea...
C. G. Thomson 1859 (false long-horned beetles) ( = Cephaloidae) - SynchroidaeSynchroidaeThe family Synchroidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name synchroa bark beetles. The family consists of three genera, Mallodrya, Synchroa, and Synchroina, with a total of five species.-Species:Genus MallodryaGenus Synchroa*Synchroa...
Lacordaire 1859 - Tenebrionidae Latreille 1802 (darkling beetleDarkling beetleDarkling beetles are a family of beetles found worldwide, estimated at more than 20,000 species. Many of the beetles have black elytra, leading to their common name...
s) - TetratomidaeTetratomidaeThe family Tetratomidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name polypore fungus beetles. The family consists of several genera, most of which used to be in the family Melandryidae....
Billberg 1820 - TrachelostenidaeTrachelostenidaeTrachelostenidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Lacordaire 1859 - TrictenotomidaeTrictenotomidaeTrictenotomidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It contains thirteen species in two genera:* Genus Autocrates J...
Blanchard 1845 - UlodidaeUlodidaeUlodidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Pascoe 1869 - ZopheridaeZopheridaeZopheridae is a family of beetles that has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both considered subfamilies within the Zopheridae. There are...
Solier 1834 (ironclad beetles, cylindrical bark beetles, etc.)