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Darkling Beetles
Tenebrionidae
Darkling beetle is the common name of the large family of beetles, Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan. Humans spread some species sufficiently that they became cosmopolitan. Examples include Tribolium castaneum.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Blaptinae
subfamilyBlaptinae
Pimeliinae
subfamilyPimeliinae
Tenebrioninae
subfamilyTenebrioninae
Long-jointed Beetles
subfamilyLagriinae
Comb-clawed Darkling Beetles
subfamilyAlleculinae
Stenochiinae
subfamilyStenochiinae
Diaperinae
subfamilyDiaperinae
False Lady Beetles
subfamilyNilioninae
Phrenapatinae
subfamilyPhrenapatinae
Zolodininae
subfamilyZolodininae
Bolitotrogus
genusBolitotrogus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53816.