Centronopus

Centronopus
Centronopus calcaratus, Virginia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Centronopini
Genus: Centronopus
Solier, 1848
Subgenera
  • Centronopus Solier, 1848
  • Menechides Motschulsky, 1872
Synonyms
  • Centronipus Dejean, 1834
  • Centropus Jakobson, 1914
  • Menechides Motschoulsky, 1872
  • Pyres Champion, 1885
  • Scotobates Rye, 1877

Centronopus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about nine described species in Centronopus, found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Centronopus:

  • Centronopus batesi (Champion, 1885)
  • Centronopus beardsleyi Spilman, 1962
  • Centronopus bimaculatus Champion, 1892
  • Centronopus calcaratus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Centronopus grandicollis Champion, 1885
  • Centronopus nigrofasciatus (Gebien, 1928)
  • Centronopus opacus LeConte, 1859
  • Centronopus speciosus Pascoe, 1883
  • Centronopus suppressus (Say, 1835)

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Centronopus". Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  2. ^ "BugGuide.net, Centronopus genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Centronopus Solier, 1848". Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  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. Bibcode:2018ZooK..728....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
  5. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1050....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. PMC 8328949. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  • Citizen science observations for Centronopus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Centronopus at Wikimedia Commons