TENEBRIONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(darkling and flour beetles)

Interactions where TENEBRIONIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Chetogena acuminata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Chetogena acuminata/Chetogena acuminataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Tenebrionidae/Tenebrionidaedarkling and flour beetleslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Blaps
a genus of darkling beetles
Genus 1 trophisms
Bolitophagus reticulatus
a darkling beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Corticeus
a genus of darkling beetles
Genus 4 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Cteniopus sulphureus
Sulphur Beetle
Species 1 references
Diaperis boleti
a darkling beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Lagria hirta
a darkling beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Mycetochara humeralis
a darkling beetle
Species 4 trophisms
Prionychus ater
a darkling beetle
Species 6 trophisms
Prionychus melanarius
a darkling beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Pseudocistela ceramboides
a darkling beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Scaphidema metallica
a darkling beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Tenebrio
mealworm beetles
Genus 3 trophisms
Tribolium
a genus of flour beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brendell, M.J.D. 1975 Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects, Vol V. Part 10, 22pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buck, F.D. 1954 Coleoptera: Lagriidae, Alleculidae, Tetratomidae, Melandryidae etc Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V. Part 9, 30pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

Lagriidae/Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1947 Larvae of British Beetles VI: Tenebrionidae Ent. Mon. Mag. 83: 154-171.

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to TENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles):

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