Checklist of the German Tenebrionidae

(Insecta: Coleoptera)

(March 2006)

Martin Lillig

The checklist is based on lists given by Köhler & Klausnitzer (1998)andNovák (2005). Accidentaly imported species and more detailled information on the distribution of the Tenebrionidae in Germany is presented by Köhler & Klausnitzer (1998). The classification follows Bouchard et al. (2005).

Any comment is highly appreciated.

Lagriinae

Lagriini

Lagria hirta (Linné, 1758)

Lagria atripes Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855

Pimeliinae

Asidini

Asidasabulosa sabulosa (Fuessly, 1775)

Tenebrioninae

Palorini

Palorus subdepressus(Wollaston, 1864)

Palorus depressus (Fabricius, 1790)

Palorus ratzeburgii (Wissmann, 1848)

Bolitophagini

Bolitophagus reticulatus (Linné, 1767)

Bolitophagus interruptus Illiger, 1800

Eledonoprius armatus (Panzer, 1799)

Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783)

Tenebrionini

Tenebrio opacus Duftschmid, 1812

Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius, 1792

Tenebrio molitor Linné, 1758

Neatus picipes (Herbst, 1797)

Bius thoracicus (Fabricius, 1792)

Zophobas atratus(Fabricius, 1775)

Note: Z. morio (Fabricius, 1776) is listed for Germany. Z. morio (Fabricius, 1776)=atratus (Fabricius, 1775) (Spilman 1962).

Alphitobiini

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)

Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781)

Diaclina testudinea (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Diaclina fagi (Panzer, 1799)

Triboliini

Tribolium madens (Charpentier, 1825)

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797)

TriboliumdestructorUyttenboogaart, 1934

Tribolium confusum Jaquelin du Val, 1862

Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880

Ulomini

Uloma culinaris (Linné, 1758)

Ulomarufa(Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Helopini

Stenomax aeneus(Scopoli, 1763)

Nalassus laevioctostriatus (Goeze, 1777)

Nalassus dermestoides (Illiger, 1798)

Note: According toNovák (2005) N. dermestoides (Illiger) = N. laevioctostriatus(Goeze).

Nalassus convexus (Küster, 1850)

Xanthomus pallidus (Curtis, 1830)

Blaptini

Blapsmortisaga (Linné, 1758)

Blapslethifera lethiferaMarsham, 1802

Blaps mucronataLatreille, 1804

Gnaptor spinimanus (Pallas, 1781)

Note:According toNovák (2005) also in Germany

Pedinini

Phylan gibbus(Fabricius, 1775)

Pedinus femoralis femoralis (Linné, 1767)

Opatrini

Gonocephalum pygmaeum (Steven, 1829)

Opatrum riparium Scriba, 1865

Opatrum sabulosum sabulosum (Linné, 1760)

Melanimini

Melanimon tibiale tibiale(Fabricius, 1781)

Alleculinae

Alleculini

Allecula morio (Fabricius, 1787)

Allecula rhenana Bach, 1856

Hymenorus doublieriMulsant, 1851

Note: According to Novák (2005) also in Germany

Prionychus ater (Fabricius, 1775)

Prionychusmelanarius (Germar, 1813)

Hymenalia rufipes(Fabricius, 1792)

Pseudocistela ceramboides (Linné, 1761)

Gonodera luperus (Herbst, 1783)

Isomira murina (Linné, 1758)[= semiflava(Küster, 1852)]

Isomira hypocritaMulsant, 1856

Isomira icteropa (Küster, 1852)

Mycetochara flavipes (Fabricius, 1792)

Mycetochara axillaris (Paykull, 1799)

Mycetochara humeralis (Fabricius, 1787)

Mycetocharamaura(Fabricius, 1792) [=linearis (Illiger, 1794)]

Cteniopodini

Cteniopus sulphureus (Linné,1758) [= flavus (Scopoli, 1763)]

Omophlus lepturoides (Fabricius, 1787)

Omophlus betulae (Herbst, 1783)

Omophlus lividipesMulsant, 1856

Diaperinae

Diaperini

Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)

Diaperis boleti boleti(Linné, 1758)

Neomidahaemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787)

Platydema violaceum (Fabricius, 1790)

Platydema dejeaniiLaporte de Castelnau & Brullé, 1831

Alphitophagus bifasciatus (Say, 1824)

Pentaphyllus chrysomeloides (Rossi, 1792)

Pentaphyllus testaceus (Hellwig, 1792)

Crypticini

Crypticus quisquilius quisquilius (Linné, 1760)

Phaleriini

Phaleria cadaverina cadaverina (Fabricius, 1792)

Myrmechixenini

Myrmechixenus subterraneus Chevrolat, 1835

Myrmechixenus vaporariorum Guérin-Méneville, 1843

Hypophlaeini

Corticeus unicolorPiller & Mitterpacher, 1783

Corticeus longulus (Gyllenhål, 1827)

Corticeus fraxini (Kugelann, 1794)

Corticeus pini(Panzer, 1799)

Corticeus suberis (Lucas, 1846)

Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790)

Corticeus bicoloroides (Roubal, 1933)

Corticeus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1790)

Corticeus linearis (Fabricius, 1790)

Corticeus versipellis (Baudi, 1876)

Scaphidemini

Scaphidema metallicus (Fabricius, 1792)

Stenochiinae

Cnodalonini

Menephilus cylindricus cylindricus (Herbst, 1784)

References

Bouchard, P., Lawrence, J. F., Davies, A. E. & A. F. Newton (2005): Synoptic classification of the world Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family-group names. – Annales zoologici 55 (4): 499-530.

Köhler, F. & B. Klausnitzer (1998): Verzeichnis der Käfer Deutschlands. – Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, Beiheft 4: 1-185.

Novák, V. (2005): Icones insectorum Europae centralis – Folia Heyrovskyana 2: 1-20.

Spilman, J. T. (1962): A few rearrangements in the Tenebrionidae, with a key to the genera of the Ulomini and Tenebrionini of America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera). – The Coleopterists Bulletin 16: 57-63.

Author’s address:

Martin Lillig, Krämersweg 55, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany,