superfamily
Darkling Beetles and Allies
Tenebrionoidea
Field notes
The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles.
It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors.
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- Darkling Beetles 408 native
- Blister Beetles 204 native
- Ironclad Beetles 55 native
- Ant Beetle 51 native
- Pintail Beetles 50 native
- Lax Beetles 48 native
- False Darkling Beetles 26 native
- Wedge-shaped Beetles 23 native
- Ant-like Leaf Beetles 23 native
- Fire-colored Beetles 16 native
- Polypore Fungus Beetles 14 native
- Hairy Fungus Beetles 14 native
- Shelf Fungus Beetles 9 native
- False Flower Beetles 8 native
- Palm and Flower Beetles 7 native
- Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles 6 native
- Dead Log Beetles 5 native
- False Longhorn Beetles 4 native
- Broad-hipped Flower Beetles 3 native
- Conifer Bark Beetles 2 native
- Red Log Beetles 2 native
- Ancient Fungus Beetle 1 native
- Synchroa Bark Beetles 1 native
- Rhizonium
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native darkling beetles and allies All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Obscure Darkling Beetle
Eleodes obscura
8,505 observations
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Eleodes acuticauda
5,349 observations
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Woolly Darkling Beetle
Eleodes osculans
5,068 observations
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Rough-lipped Darkling Beetle
Eleodes hispilabris
4,891 observations
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Eleodes goryi
4,886 observations
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Tumbling Ragdoll
Mordella marginata
4,872 observations
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False Mealworm Beetle
Alobates pensylvanicus
4,300 observations
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Armored Stink Beetle
Eleodes armata
4,231 observations
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Dentate Stink Beetle
Eleodes dentipes
3,624 observations
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Coelocnemis magna
2,958 observations
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Red-necked False Blister Beetle
Ischnomera ruficollis
2,769 observations
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Eleodes grandicollis
2,748 observations
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California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle
Coelocnemis dilaticollis
2,741 observations
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Eleodes carbonaria
2,573 observations
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Three-ribbed Darkling Beetle
Eleodes tricostata
2,486 observations