Blapstinus

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Blapstinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Opatrini
Genus: Blapstinus
Dejean, 1821
Diversity
at least 100 species

Blapstinus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 100 described species in Blapstinus. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Blapstinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Blapstinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 . PMC   5799738 . PMID   29416389.

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