Onymacris

Onymacris
Onymacris plana, Namibia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Adesmiini
Genus:	Onymacris Allard, 1885

Onymacris is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 14 described species in Onymacris. They are found primarily along the southwestern coast of Africa, especially in the Namib Desert. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Onymacris plana, Namibia

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Onymacris:

• Onymacris bicolor (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
• Onymacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1888)
• Onymacris brainei Penrith, 1984
• Onymacris candidipennis (Bréme, 1840)
• Onymacris hottentota (Péringuey, 1888)
• Onymacris laeviceps Gebien, 1938
• Onymacris langi (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
• Onymacris lobicollis (Fairmaire, 1888)
• Onymacris marginipennis (Breme, 1840)
• Onymacris multistriata (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
• Onymacris paiva (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
• Onymacris plana (Péringuey, 1888)
• Onymacris rugatipennis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
• Onymacris unguicularis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)

References

1. "Namibia Biodiversity Database, Onymacris plana" . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. "NCBI Taxonomy Browswer, Onymacris" . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
3. "GBIF, Onymacris" . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
4. Lamb, Trip; Bond, Jason E. (2013). "A multilocus perspective on phylogenetic relationships in the Namib darkling beetle genus Onymacris (Tenebrionidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.026 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Onymacris at iNaturalist
• Media related to Onymacris at Wikimedia Commons