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Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
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
species
Tenebrio molitor

Name

Synonyms
Tenebrio laticollis Stephens, 1832
Homonyms
Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig melskrubbe in Danish
Almindelig melskrubbe in Danish
Bicho-da-farinha in Portuguese
Brun skyggebille in Danish
Brun skyggebille in Danish
Common Mealworm in English
Common Mealworm Beetle in English
Didysis Milčius in Lithuanian
Gewone meeltor in Dutch
Giant common mealworm beetle in English
Hardback Beetle in English
Harilik jahumardikas in Estonian
Közönséges lisztbogár in Hungarian
Manganella in Catalan–Valencian
Mealworm in English
Mealworm Beetle in English
Mealworm Beetle in English
Mealworm Beetle in English
Meeltor in Dutch
Meelworm in Dutch
Meelwormkever in Dutch
Mehlkäfer in German
Mehlkäfer in German
Mehlwurm in German
Melbille in Danish
Melbille in Danish
Melorm in Danish
Melskrubbe in Danish
Melskrubbe in Danish
Miltu melnulis in Latvian
Mjölbjalla in Icelandic
Mącznik młynarek in Polish
Ténébrion meunier, Ténébrion à neuf stries lisses in French
Ténébrion à neuf stries lisses in French
Un kurdu in Turkish
Yellow Mealworm in English
Yellow Mealworm Beetle in English
Yellow mealworm in English
cocu la fariña in language.
jauhopukki in Finnish
jauhopukki in Finnish
lisztbogár in Hungarian
meeltor, meelwormkever, meelworm in Dutch
mjölbagge in Swedish
mjölmask in Swedish
múčiar obyčajný in Slovak
potemník moučný in Czech
stor melbille in Norwegian Bokmål
stor mjölbagge in Swedish
ténébrion meunier in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Lundberg & Gustafsson (1995) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae
  2. Nishida (2002), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/tr22.pdf
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