Family

Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles)

Phaleromela picta. Photo: (c) M. Goff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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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. Humans spread some species sufficiently that they became cosmopolitan. Examples include Tribolium castaneum.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetles and allies)
        Family: Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles)
        Subfamily: Pimeliinae (1)
        Subfamily: Diaperinae (1)
        Subfamily: Tenebrioninae (1)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Pimeliinae

Subfamily: Diaperinae

Subfamily: Tenebrioninae

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

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