Boromorphus

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Boromorphus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Boromorphini
Genus: Boromorphus
Wollaston, 1854

Boromorphus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least four described species in Boromorphus, found in the Palearctic. It is the sole genus in its tribe, Boromorphini. [1] [2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Boromorphus:

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References

  1. "Boromorphus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 . hdl: 10261/250214 . PMC   8328949 . PMID   34385881.
  3. Gardini, G. (2010). "Boromorphus italicus n. sp. dell'Italia meridionale (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)". Doriana. 8 (368).
  4. Schawaller, Wolfgang; Al Dhafer, Hathal; Fadl, Hassan (2013). "Boromorphus saudicus sp. n., a new record of the genus from the Arabian Peninsula (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Boromorphini)". Zoology in the Middle East. 59 (2): 148–151. doi:10.1080/09397140.2013.810878. S2CID   83822144.