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| Scotaeus corallipes. Museum specimen | |
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| Species: | S. corallipes |
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| Scotaeus corallipes Hope, 1834 | |
Scotaeus corallipes is a species of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. [1]
This species can be found in Java, Borneo and Sumatra. [2]
Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification.
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 in distribution.
The 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, about 10 genera and 50 species are found, most species are pantropical. Enneboeus caseyi has been recorded from the American South, Central America, and Mexico. About 20 species are found in Australia, in the genera Enneboeus and Australenneboeus.
Tenebrioninae are a large subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing, among others, the flour beetles.
Cheirodes is a genus of darkling beetles in the Melanimini tribe. It was formerly known as Anemia until 1973, when T. J. Spilman determined Anemia to be a synonym of CheirodesGéné, 1839.
Asida is a large genus of darkling beetles. They have been located around western Europe, in particular near the Mediterranean Sea.
Lagria is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
The Sepidiini is a tribe of ground-dwelling darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), that occurs across Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia. It is composed of many hundreds of species. The larvae of some species are known to damage crops.
Alphitobius diaperinus is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. It is known commonly as the lesser mealworm and the litter beetle. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide. It is known widely as a pest insect of stored food grain products such as flour, and of poultry-rearing facilities. It is a vector of many kinds of animal pathogens.
Tribolium is a genus of flour beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Cnodalon viride is a species of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Strongylium is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. Tenebrionidae is the largest genus in the family, with more than 700 species worldwide, more than 300 of which are in the neotropics.
Alphitobius laevigatus, the black fungus beetle, is a species of darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is found in Europe and North America.
Xerolinus is a genus of darkling beetle. It consists of approximately thirty species found in the West Indies. Michael A. Ivie and Charles J. Hart named and circumscribed the genus in 2016.
Falsocamaria is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. About 11 species of beetle are known in the genus, all of which are found in the Oriental region.
The North American flour beetle is a species of flour beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is a pest of stored foodstuff, particularly processed grains.
Stenomorpha is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 160 described species in Stenomorpha.
Diaperis is a genus of darkling beetle with species known from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Some species were formerly been placed in the genus Allophasia. A species described in this genus is now Serrania viridula.
Mimopeus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, first described by Pascoe in 1866.
Mimopeus elongatus is a species of darkling beetle in the subfamily tenebrioninae, first described by Brème in 1842, who considered it a type of Celibe.
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