Strongylium

Strongylium
Strongylium terminatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Stenochiinae
Tribe: Stenochiini
Genus: Strongylium
Ditmar, 1809
Diversity
more than 700 species

Strongylium is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. It is one of the largest genera in both the family and its subfamily, Stenochiinae, with more than 1,400 known species. These beetles are widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World. More than 300 species are native to the Neotropics.

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References

  1. ↑ Wang, W.Q.; Li, P.; Yuan, C.X. (4 June 2018). "One new recorded species of the genus Strongylium (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from China". Far Eastern Entomologist. 360: 15–20. doi:10.25221/FEE.360.2. S2CID 134289075.
  2. ↑ "Strongylium". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Strongylium genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  4. ↑ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.

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