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Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Tenebrionidae
genus
Tenebrio

Name

Synonyms
Afrotenebrio Gridelli, 1951
Megatenebrio Gridelli, 1951
Menedrio Motschulsky, 1872
Tenenrio Schönherr, 1806
Homonyms
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Indet. Mealworm Beetle in English
Mealworm beetles in English
Mealworms in English
Mącznik in Polish
Yellow Mealworms in English
jauhopukit in Finnish
jauhopukit in Finnish
múčiar in Slovak
Хрущак мучной in Russian
Чернотелки настоящие in Russian
Ալիւրաճճի in Armenian
שחרורית in Hebrew
Indet. Mealworm Beetle in English
Indet. Mealworm Beetle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Aalbu, R. L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.; Merkl, O.; Davies, A. E. (2021). Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1050: 1-633. 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217
  2. Bousquet, Y.; Thomas, D. B.; Bouchard, P.; Smith, A. D.; Aalbu, R. L.; Johnston, M. A.; Steiner Jr., W. E. (2018). Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 728: 1-455. 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602
  3. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  4. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
  5. Lundberg & Gustafsson (1995) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. SN2000/Lawrence, 1982
  8. SN2000/Lawrence, 1982
  9. as per family
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