Blaps

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Blaps
Blaps lethifera.jpg
Blaps lethifera
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Blaptini
Genus: Blaps
Fabricius 1775

Blaps is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 described species in Blaps, the genus being most commonly found in Eurasia and Australia, with occasional sightings elsewhere in the world.[1][2][3]

Blaps lethifera

Species[]

These 38 species belong to the genus Blaps:

  • Menetries, 1836
  • Picka, 1978
  • Brulle, 1838
  • Chatanay, 1914
  • Allard, 1880
  • Seidlitz, 1893
  • Allard, 1880
  • Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Solier, 1848
  • Fischer de Waldheim, 1820
  • Solier, 1848
  • Reiche, 1857
  • Seidlitz, 1893
  • Marsham, 1802
  • Herbst, 1799
  • Seidlitz, 1893
  • (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Latreille, 1804 (cellar beetle)
  • Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Allard, 1880
  • Seidlitz, 1893
  • Motschulsky, 1845
  • Zoubkoff, 1829
  • Motschulsky, 1845
  • Blaps polychresta (Forskl, 1775)
  • Faldermann, 1833
  • Motschulsky, 1845
  • Motschulsky, 1845
  • Solier, 1848
  • Fischer de Waldheim, 1844
  • Gebien, 1913
  • (Motschulsky, 1860)
  • Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Menetries, 1832
  • Reiche, 1857
  • Seidlitz, 1893

References[]

  1. ^ "Blaps". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. ^ "Blaps genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. ^ 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.

Further reading[]

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.

External links[]

  • Media related to Blaps at Wikimedia Commons


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