Tenebrio
Temporal range: Ypresian - Recent[1]
Tenebrio molitor adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Tenebrionini
Genus: Tenebrio
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Tenebrio is a genus of darkling beetles.[2][3] Adults are 12–18 mm (0.47–0.71 in) long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food.[3]

Species

The genus contains the following extant species:[2][3][4]

  • Tenebrio culinaris Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tenebrio guineensis Imhoff, 1843
  • Tenebrio giganteus (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Tenebrio grandicollis (Fairmaire, 1897)
  • Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758 – yellow mealworm
  • Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius, 1792 – dark mealworm
  • Tenebrio opacus Duftschmid, 1812
  • Tenebrio patrizii Gridelli, 1958
  • Tenebrio punctipennis Seidlitz, 1896
  • Tenebrio zairensis Ferrer, 1998

Four species are known from fossils found in Germany and Canada:[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "†Tenebrio Linnaeus 1758". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Tenebrio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Rees, David (21 July 2004). Insects of Stored Products. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-0-643-10263-7.
  4. ↑ "Genus Tenebrio". Insecta.pro. Insects catalog Insecta.pro, 2007—2022. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  5. ↑ Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.
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