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Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)

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The darkling beetles (Tene­brionidae) are amongst the most speciose beetle families with more than 20,000 species worldwide. The small to large beetles are mostly thermophilic and are found in different habitats, but the majority of the species is found in deserts and steppes. From Germany only 67 species have been recorded. The beetles live on decaying wood, on fungi, under bark, in hay, in nests of small mammals or synanthropic. They are phytophagous or omnivorous. Many species have chemical defenses (containing quinones).

World: 20,000 Europe: 1800 Germany: 68 collected: 39 Missing species Overview in inquiry module fraction: 57%
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Missing species Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles) – currently missing species (28)
 Blaps gigas
 Blaps mortisaga
 Phylan gibbus
 Gonocephalum pygmaeum
 Gonocephalum pusillum
 Opatrum riparium
 Phaleria cadaverina
 Bolitophagus interruptus
 Eledonoprius armatus
 Platydema dejeanii
 Pentaphyllus chrysomeloides
 Corticeus longulus
 Corticeus pini
 Corticeus suberis
 Corticeus versipellis
 Palorus ratzeburgii
 Tribolium madens
 Tribolium destructor
 Alphitobius laevigatus
 Diaclina testudinea
 Gnatocerus cornutus
 Bius thoracicus
 Menephilus cylindricus
 Tenebrio obscurus
 Zophobas atratus
 Helops coeruleus
 Nalassus convexus
 Xanthomus pallidus
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