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,