Tenebrionidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Coleoptera, class Insecta. The family contains 177 accepted species worldwide.
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Neatus tenebrioides (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812)
Neatus tenebrioides is a darkling beetle species in the family Tenebrionidae.
Eleodes armata LeConte, 1851
Eleodes armata, the armored stink beetle, is a tenebrionid desert stink beetle f…
Eleodes longicollis LeConte, 1851
Eleodes longicollis is a desert stink beetle species in the family Tenebrionidae…
Nyctoporis carinata LeConte, 1851
Nyctoporis carinata is a flightless darkling beetle native to coastal California…
Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812)
Meracantha contracta is a North American darkling beetle that overwinters as lar…
Iphthiminus serratus (Mannerheim, 1843)
Iphthiminus serratus is a darkling beetle species found primarily in western Nor…
Philolithus elatus
Philolithus elatus is a large darkling beetle of western North America with four…
Eleodes tricostata (Say, 1824)
Eleodes tricostata (Say, 1824) is a desert stink beetle species in the Tenebrion…
Eleodes fusiformis LeConte, 1858
Eleodes fusiformis is a species of desert stink beetle in the Tenebrionidae fami…
Heliotaurus ruficollis (Fabricius, 1781)
Heliotaurus ruficollis is a dark-bodied comb-clawed beetle with a red thorax fou…
Eleodes littoralis (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Eleodes littoralis is a Tenebrionidae desert stink beetle found in California, s…
Xylopinus saperdoides (Olivier, 1795)
Xylopinus saperdoides is a darkling beetle species in the family Tenebrionidae.
Tenebrionidae animals belong to the Coleoptera order in the Animalia kingdom. They are distinguished by the shape of their ninth abdominal segment, which is obliquely truncate, ending abruptly. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Tenebrionidae is classified in the order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. Since this variation is gradual rather than distinct, both are now recognized as synonyms of Iphthiminus serratus.
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