| Adesmia | |
|---|---|
| Adesmia cothurnata at Wadi Tarabat, the UAE | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Tribe: | Adesmiini |
| Genus: | Adesmia Fisher |
Adesmia is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. [1]
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.
Tribolium is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
Lobopoda is a genus of comb-clawed beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The type species is Lobopoda striata. The following subgenera of Lobopoda have been described:
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.
Tribolium is a genus of flour beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Phaleria is a genus of darkling beetles belonging to 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.
Oenopion is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least three described species in Oenopion.
Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Alphitobius.
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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