''Helops'' is a genus of ''darkling beetles'' (insects belonging to the family
Tenebrionidae
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 ...
) in the subfamily
Tenebrioninae
Tenebrioninae is the largest subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing flour beetles, among others. Tenebrioninae contains more than 20 tribes.
Description
Adults
Adults are robust, mid-sized beetles that typically have e ...
.
Species
* ''
Helops aereus'' Germar, 1824
* ''
Helops atticus'' Redtenbach in Ungern, 1867†
* ''
Helops cisteloides'' Germar
* ''
Helops coeruleus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Helops glabriventris'' Reitter, 1885
* ''
Helops gracilis'' Bland, 1863
* ''
Helops meissneri'' Heer, 1847†
* ''
Helops molassicus'' Heer, 1883†
* ''
Helops rossii'' Germar, 1817
* ''
Helops thoracicus'' Grimm, 1991
* ''
Helops wetteravicus'' Heyden, 1865†
References
External links
BiolibFauna Europaea
Tenebrioninae
Tenebrionidae genera
Beetles of Europe
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