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Tenebrionidae  Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114419

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859
  
  Common Name(s): darkling beetles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderCucujiformia Lameere, 1938  
                                        SuperfamilyTenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyTenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 – darkling beetles  
    Direct Children:  
                                              GenusArcheoglenes   
                                              GenusGnathocerus   
                                              SubfamilyAlleculinae Laporte, 1840  
                                              SubfamilyBlaptinae Leach, 1815  
                                              SubfamilyCoelometopinae Lacordaire, 1859  
                                              SubfamilyDiaperinae Latreille, 1802  
                                              SubfamilyKuhitangiinae Medvedev, 1962  
                                              SubfamilyLagriinae Latreille, 1825  
                                              SubfamilyNilioninae Oken, 1843  
                                              SubfamilyPalorinae Matthews, 2003  
                                              SubfamilyPhrenapatinae Solier, 1834  
                                              SubfamilyPimeliinae Latreille, 1802  
                                              SubfamilyStenochiinae W. Kirby, 1837  
                                              SubfamilyTenebrioninae Latreille, 1802  
                                              SubfamilyZolodininae Watt, 1975  
       

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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, database (version May 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2024). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Tenebrionidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tenebrionidae, darkling beetles [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
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  Reference for: Tenebrionidae   
       

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