Stenomorpha | |
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Stenomorpha marginata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
Tribe: | Asidini |
Genus: | Stenomorpha Solier, 1836 |
Subgenera | |
Diversity | |
at least 150 species |
Stenomorpha is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 160 described species/subspecies in Stenomorpha. [1]
Eleodes is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species found along the Mexico-United States border. Some species have been introduced to Colombia. The name pinacate is Mexican Spanish, derived from the Nahuatl (Aztec) name for the insect, pinacatl, which translates as "black beetle".
Opatrini is a tribe of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) in the subfamily Tenebrioninae.
Eleodes osculans, the wooly darkling beetle or woolly ground beetle, is a common insect in coastal southern and central California in wooded areas or chaparral, and in Baja California. As a stink beetle of genus Eleodes, its easily observed defensive posture is to raise its hind end and secrete an unpleasant odor. E. osculans has a length of 12-16 mm and is the only known darkling beetle species with reddish-brown hair covering most of its black exoskeleton. It is similar to Eleodes nigropilosa and Eleodes littoralis, which have darker hair.
Pimeliinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Paivaea is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There is one described species in Paiavaea, P. hispida.
Asidini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae of the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 genera in Asidini.
Strongylium is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. It is one of the largest genera in the family and its subfamily Stenochiinae, with more than 1,400 known species which occur widely in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World. More than 300 species are native to the neotropics.
Oenopion is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least three described species in Oenopion.
Capnochroa is a genus of comb-clawed beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least two described species in Capnochroa.
Palorus subdepressus, the depressed flour beetle, is a species of darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is found in Europe and North America.
Lagriinae is a subfamily of long-jointed beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 270 genera in Lagriinae, grouped into 11 tribes.
Eleodes armata, the armored stink beetle, is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is found in the western United States and Mexico in arid environments. It has spurs on all of its legs.
Blaptinae is a subfamily of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are around 300 genera in Blaptinae, divided into 7 tribes.
Metaclisa is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in Metaclisa, found in North America, the Neotropics, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya.
Eleodes fusiformis is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.
Eleodes goryi is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.
Eleodes grandicollis is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.
Eleodes nigropilosa is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is found in California and Baja California. Due to its hair, it is similar to Eleodes osculans and Eleodes littoralis.
Eleodes subnitens is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.