''Asbolus'' is a small genus of
darkling beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...
s, beetles of the family Tenebrionidae. They occur in the southwestern United States and Mexico. There are four species:
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Asbolus laevis
In Greek mythology, Asbolus (Ancient Greek: Ἄσβολον or Ἄσβόλη means "sooty" or "carbon dust") was a centaur. He was a seer and Hesiod calls him an augur (''oionistes'' οἰωνιστής) who read omens in the flight of birds.
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LeConte, 1851
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Asbolus mexicanus
In Greek mythology, Asbolus (Ancient Greek: Ἄσβολον or Ἄσβόλη means "sooty" or "carbon dust") was a centaur. He was a seer and Hesiod calls him an augur (''oionistes'' οἰωνιστής) who read omens in the flight of birds.
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(Champion, 1884)
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Asbolus papillosus
In Greek mythology, Asbolus (Ancient Greek: Ἄσβολον or Ἄσβόλη means "sooty" or "carbon dust") was a centaur. He was a seer and Hesiod calls him an augur (''oionistes'' οἰωνιστής) who read omens in the flight of birds.
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(Triplehorn, 1964)
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Asbolus verrucosus
''Asbolus verrucosus'' (LeConte, 1852), also known as the desert ironclad beetle or blue death feigning beetle, is a species of darkling beetle native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States, notably the Sonoran desert. It is highly adap ...
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(LeConte, 1851)
References
Tenebrionidae
Beetles of North America
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