Stenomorpha

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Stenomorpha
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Stenomorpha marginata
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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]

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Stenomorpha opaca

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<i>Eleodes osculans</i> Species of beetle

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pimeliinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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Paivaea is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There is one described species in Paiavaea, P. hispida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Asidini</span> Tribe of beetles

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<i>Strongylium</i> Genus of beetles

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.

<i>Capnochroa</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Palorus subdepressus</i> Species of beetle

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<i>Eleodes armata</i> Species of beetle

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<i>Metaclisa</i> Genus of darkling beetles

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<i>Eleodes fusiformis</i> Species of beetle

Eleodes fusiformis is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.

<i>Eleodes goryi</i> Species of beetle

Eleodes goryi is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.

<i>Eleodes grandicollis</i> Species of beetle

Eleodes grandicollis is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.

<i>Eleodes nigropilosa</i> Species of beetle

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<i>Eleodes subnitens</i> Species of beetle

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References

  1. 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.